Binding an IPv6 Address to a MAC Hardware Address

Much like IPv4 addresses are bound to MAC hardware addresses in the ARP table, IPv6 addresses are bound to MAC hardware addresses in the neighbor discovery cache.

Use the ipv6 neighbor command in global configuration mode to statically bind an IPv6 address to a MAC hardware address.

The following example configures a static neighbor cache entry for IPv6 address 2001:11ac:fd34:3333:0:0:0:3 on a hardware device with a MAC address of 1111.1111.1111 on interface VLAN 51:

System(su)->configure
System(su-config)->ipv6 neighbor 2001:11ac:fd34:3333:0:0:0:3 1111.1111.1111 interface vlan.0.2501
System(su-config)->show ipv6 neighbor
FLAGS:    I = Incomplete     R = Reachable
          S = Stale          D = Delay
          P = Probe          L = Local
          F = Fixed (Static) H = Host Owned
IPv6 Address                            Hardware Address  Flg Age        Updated Expire Interface   Port
--------------------------------------- ----------------- --- ---------- ------- ------ ----------- --------
2001:11ac:fd34:3333:0:0:0:3             11-11-11-11-11-11  FR         1m       -      - vlan.0.2501 host.0.1
2501:0:0:0:0:0:0:4                      00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR      1h01m       -      - vlan.0.2501 host.0.1
fe80:0:0:0:21f:45ff:fe5b:f5cf           00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR      1h01m       -      - vlan.0.2501 host.0.1
2502:0:0:0:0:0:0:4                      00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.2502 host.0.1
fe80:0:0:0:21f:45ff:fe5b:f5cf           00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.2502 host.0.1
fe80:0:0:0:21f:45ff:fe5b:f5cf           00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.2503 host.0.1
fe80:0:0:0:21f:45ff:fe5b:f5cf           00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.2504 host.0.1
3014:0:0:0:0:0:0:4                      00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.3014 host.0.1
fe80:0:0:0:21f:45ff:fe5b:f5cf           00-1f-45-5b-f5-cf  LR     18h26m       -      - vlan.0.3014 host.0.1
--------------------------------------- ----------------- --- ---------- ------- ------ ----------- --------
Neighbor Entries Found: 9
System(su-config)->