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RFC 1981: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
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RFC 2375: IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments
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RFC 2460: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification.
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RFC 2461: Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)
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RFC 2462: IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
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RFC 2463: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Specification
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RFC 2464: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks
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RFC 2526: Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
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RFC 3307: Allocation Guidelines for IPv6 Multicast Addresses
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RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
IPv6 Configuration Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure IPv6:
Task
Remarks
Configuring an IPv6 Unicast Address
Required
Configuring IPv6 NDP
Optional
Configuring a Static IPv6 Route
Optional
Configuring IPv6 TCP Properties
Optional
Configuring the Maximum Number of IPv6 ICMP Error Packets Sent
within a Specified Time
Optional
Configuring the Hop Limit of ICMPv6 Reply Packets
Optional
Displaying and Maintaining IPv6
Optional
Configuring an IPv6 Unicast Address
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An IPv6 address is required for a host to access an IPv6 network. A host can be assigned a global
unicast address, a site-local address, or a link-local address.
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To enable a host to access a public IPv6 network, you need to assign an IPv6 global unicast
address to it.
IPv6 site-local addresses and global unicast addresses can be configured in either of the following
ways:
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EUI-64 format: When the EUI-64 format is adopted to form IPv6 addresses, the IPv6 address prefix
of an interface is the configured prefix and the interface identifier is derived from the link-layer
address of the interface.
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Manual configuration: IPv6 site-local addresses or global unicast addresses are configured
manually.
IPv6 link-local addresses can be acquired in either of the following ways:
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Automatic generation: The device automatically generates a link-local address for an interface
according to the link-local address prefix (FE80::/64) and the link-layer address of the interface.
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Manual assignment: IPv6 link-local addresses can be assigned manually.
Follow these steps to configure an IPv6 unicast address:
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