IP Addressing Commands 363
Example
The following example sets the available name server.
console(config)#ip name-server 176.16.1.18

ipv6 address

Use the ipv6 address command to set the IPv6 address of the management
interface. Use the "no" form of this command to reset the IPv6 address to the
default.
Syntax
ipv6 address {
prefix/prefix-length
[eui64] | autoconfig | dhcp}
no ipv6 address
prefix
Consists of the bits of the address to be configured.
prefix-length
Designates how many of the high-order contiguous bits of
the address make up the prefix.
eui64
The optional eui-64 field designates that IPv6 processing on the
interfaces is enabled using an EUI-64 interface ID in the low order 64 bits
of the address. If this option is used, the value of prefix_length must be 64
bits.
autoconfig
Use this keyword to set the IPv6 address auto configuration
mode.
dhcp
Use this keyword to obtain an IPv6 address via DHCP.
Default Configuration
There is no IPv6 address configured by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.