Defaults

Command Modes

Command History

•For a tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then the tunnel interface number. The range is from 1 to 16383.

•For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword VLAN then the vlan number. The range is from 1 to 4094.

If you configure a static IPv6 route using an egress interface and enter the ping command to reach the destination IPv6 address, the ping operation may not work. Configure the IPv6 route using a next-hop IPv6 address in order for the ping command to detect the destination address.

ipv6-address

(OPTIONAL) Enter the forwarding router IPv6 address in the

 

x:x:x:x::x format.

 

NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal

 

fields of zeros.

distance

(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the metric distance assigned

 

to the route. The range is from 1 to 255.

tag value

(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword tag then a tag value number.

 

The range is from 1 to 4294967295.

permanent

(OPTIONAL) Enter the keyword permanent to specify that

 

the route is not to be removed, even if the interface assigned

 

to that route goes down.

 

NOTE: If you disable the interface with an IPv6 address

 

associated with the keyword permanent, the route

 

disappears from the routing table.

weight weight-

Enter the keyword weight followed by a weight value. The

value

range is from 0 to 255.

 

NOTE: Weight for a static route can be added only for

 

the destination address and not for the route pointing to

 

destination a interface.

none

 

CONFIGURATION

 

This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Version

Description

9.7(0.0)

Added support for VRF. Also included the weight parameter

 

to support weighted ECMP feature. Introduced on the

 

S6000-ON.

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