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Introduction to IPv6
Configuration and Management
The next three sections outline the IPv6 features supported in software release K.13.01.
Configuration and ManagementThis section outlines the configurable management features supporting IPv6 operation on your ProCurve
Management Features
Software release K.13.01 provides
Software release K.13.01 does not include IPv6 routing, but interoperates with routers that support IPv6 and IPv4/IPv6 router applications.
IPv6 Addressing
The switch offers these IPv6 address configuration features:
■SLAAC (stateless automatic address configuration)
■DHCPv6 (stateful automatic address configuration)
■static address configuration
SLAAC (Stateless Automatic Address Configuration)
Enabling IPv6 on a VLAN automatically enables configuration of a
Enabling IPv6 address autoconfiguration on a VLAN automatically enables automatic configuration of global unicast addresses on the VLAN. After enabling autoconfiguration, a router advertisement (RA) containing an assigned global address prefix must be received on the VLAN from an IPv6 router on the same VLAN. The resulting address is a combination of the prefix