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Configuring IPv6 Unicast Routing
This chapter describes how to configure IPv6 unicast routing on the Catalyst 3560 switch.
For information about configuring IPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping, see Chapter 38,
“Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping.” For information on configuring IPv6 access control lists (ACLs),
see Chapter 39, “Configuring IPv6 ACLs.” For information about configuring IPv4 unicast routing, see
Chapter 36, “Configuring IP Unicast Routing.”
To use this feature, the switch must be running the IP services image.
To enable IPv6 routing, you must configure the switch to use the a dual IPv4 and IPv6 switch database
management (SDM) template. See the “Dual IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Stacks” section on page 37-5.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the Cisco IOS
documentation referenced in the procedures
This chapter consists of these sections:
“Understanding IPv6” section on page 37-1
“Configuring IPv6” section on page 37-9
“Displaying IPv6” section on page 37-25

Understanding IPv6

IPv4 users can move to IPv6 and receive services such as end-to-end security, quality of service (QoS),
and globally unique addresses. The IPv6 address space reduces the need for private addresses and
Network Address Translation (NAT) processing by border routers at network edges.
For information about how Cisco Systems implements IPv6, go to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6553/products_ios_technology_home.html
For information about IPv6 and other features in this chapter
See the Cisco IOS IPv6 Configuration Library at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/ipv6/configuration/guide/12_4t/ipv6_12_4t.html