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Chapter 42 Configuring IPv6 Host Functions
Information About Configuring IPv6 Host Functions
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-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/15-1mt/ipv6-15-1mt-book.html
This section describes IPv6 implementation on the switch. These sections are included:
IPv6 Addresses, page 42-2
Supported IPv6 Host Features, page 42-2
How to Configure IPv6 Hosting, page 42-7
IPv6 Addresses
The switch supports only IPv6 unicast addresses. It does not support site-local unicast addresses, anycast
addresses, or multicast addresses.
The IPv6 128-bit addresses are represented as a series of eight 16-bit hexadeci mal fields separated by
colons in the format: n:n:n:n:n:n:n:n. This is an example of an IPv6 address:
2031:0000:130F:0000:0000:09C0:080F:130B
For easier implementation, leading zeros in each field are optional. This is the same address without
leading zeros:
2031:0:130F:0:0:9C0:80F:130B
You can also use two colons (::) to represent successive hexadecimal fields of zeros, but you can use this
short version only once in each address:
2031:0:130F::09C0:080F:130B
For more information about IPv6 address formats, address types, and the IPv6 packet header, see the
“Implementing IPv6 Addressing and Basic Connectivity” chapter of Cisco IOS IPv6 Configuration
Library on Cisco.com.
In the “Implementing Addressing and Basic Connectivity” chapter, these sections apply to the switch:
IPv6 Address Formats
IPv6 Address Output Display
Simplified IPv6 Packet Header
Supported IPv6 Host Features
These sections describe the IPv6 protocol features supported by the switch:
128-Bit Wide Unicast Addresses, page 42-3
DNS for IPv6, page 42-3
ICMPv6, page 42-3
Neighbor Discovery, page 42-3
Default Router Preference, page 42-4
IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration and Duplicate Address Detection, page 42-4
IPv6 Applications, page 42-4
Dual IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol Stacks, page 42-4