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About Configuring IPv6 Addressing and Enabling IPv6 Routing

IPv6 addresses are represented as a series of 16-bit hexadecimal fields separated by colons (:) in the format x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x. It is common for IPv6 addresses to contain successive hexadecimal fields of zeros. To make IPv6 addresses easier to use, two colons (::) may be used to compress successive hexadecimal fields of zeros at the beginning, middle, or end of an IPv6 address (the colons represent successive hexadecimal fields of zeros). By default, IPv6 addresses are not configured, and IPv6 processing is disabled. You can configure IPv6 addresses on the following interface types:

Configuring a global IPv6 address on an interface automatically configures a link-local address and activates IPv6 for that interface. Additionally, the configured interface automatically joins the following required multicast groups for that link:

To configure an IPv6 address on an interface using Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Interfaces > Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI.
  2. Click the IP Address that you want to configure and click Edit IP Address.
  3. Click Create and set the IP Address/Mask field, using the IPv6 format (for example, 2001:0DB8:800:200C::417A/64).
  4. Click Create to save these changes or click Close to discard any unsaved changes.

To enable IPv6 routing using Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Choose IP > Routing. You see the IP Routing Configuration dialog box.
  2. Check the Routing Enabled check box.
  3. Click Apply to save these changes or click Close to discard any unsaved changes.


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