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• RFC 2460, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
• RFC 2464, Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
• RFC 2526, Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
• RFC 3307, Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
• RFC 4191, Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
• RFC 4291, IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
• RFC 4443, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6
(IPv6) Specification
• RFC 4861, Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
• RFC 4862, IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
IPv6 basics configuration task list
Tasks at a glance
(Required.) Assigning IPv6 addresses to interfaces:
• Configuring an IPv6 global unicast address
• Configuring an IPv6 link-local address
• Configuring an IPv6 anycast address
(Optional.) Configuring IPv6 ND:
• Configuring a static neighbor entry
• Setting the maximum number of dynamic neighbor entries
• Setting the aging timer for ND entries in stale state
• Minimizing link-local ND entries
• Setting the hop limit
• Configuring parameters for RA messages
• Setting the maximum number of attempts to send an NS message for DAD
• Enabling ND proxy
• Configuring IPv6 ND suppression
• Configuring IPv6 ND direct route advertisement
(Optional.) Configuring path MTU discovery:
• Setting the interface MTU
• Setting a static path MTU for an IPv6 address
• Setting the aging time for dynamic path MTUs
(Optional.) Controlling sending ICMPv6 messages:
• Configuring the rate limit for ICMPv6 error messages
• Enabling replying to multicast echo requests
• Enabling sending ICMPv6 destination unreachable messages
• Enabling sending ICMPv6 time exceeded messages
• Enabling sending ICMPv6 redirect messages
• Specifying the source address for ICMPv6 packets
(Optional.) Enabling router renumbering
(Optional.) Enabling IPv6 local fragment reassembly
(Optional.) Configuring IPv6 load sharing based on bandwidth
(Optional.) Enabling a device to discard IPv6 packets that contain extension headers