Dell Z9500 Reference Manual page 994

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ipv6-address

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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.

For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-

channel then a number.

For a Null interface, enter the keyword null then the Null

interface number.

For a tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then

the tunnel interface number. The range is from 1 to

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.

(OPTIONAL) Enter the forwarding router IPv6 address in the

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

NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal

fields of zeros.

(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the metric distance assigned

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

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

The range is from 1 to 4294967295.

(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.

Enter the keyword weight followed by a weight value. The

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.