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Setting the Switch’s IP Address (IP Version 6)
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Note that the solicited-node multicast address (link-local scope FF02) is
used to resolve the MAC addresses for neighbor nodes since IPv6 does
not support the broadcast method used by the Address Resolution
Protocol in IPv4.
These additional addresses are displayed by the CLI (see "show ip
interface" on page 1391).
◆ Configuration Mode – Indicates if this address was automatically
generated for manually configured.
WEB INTERFACE
To show the configured IPv6 addresses:
1. Click IP, IPv6 Configuration.
2. Select Show IPv6 Address from the Action list.
3. Select a VLAN from the list.
Figure 334: Showing Configured IPv6 Addresses
SHOWING THE IPV6
NEIGHBOR CACHE
Use the IP > IPv6 Configuration (Show IPv6 Neighbor Cache) page to
display the IPv6 addresses detected for neighbor devices.
CLI REFERENCES
◆ "show ipv6 neighbors" on page 1421
PARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
Table 38: Show IPv6 Neighbors - display description
Field Description
IPv6 Address IPv6 address of neighbor
Age The time since the address was verified as reachable (in seconds). A static
entry is indicated by the value “Permanent.”
Link-layer Addr Physical layer MAC address.