Configure Route Advertisement on the Management Port

Configure route advertisement in IPv6 on the management port for neighbor discovery (ND).

Procedure

  1. Enter mgmtEthernet Interface Configuration mode:

    enable

    configure terminal

    interface mgmtEthernet <mgmt | mgmt2>

  2. Configure the number of neighbor solicitation messages from duplicate address detection:

    ipv6 nd dad-ns <0–600>

  3. Configure the hop limit sent in router advertisements:

    ipv6 nd hop-limit <0–255>

Example

Switch:1(config-if)#ipv6 nd dad-ns 2
Switch:1(config-if)#ipv6 nd hop-limit 2

Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to use the ipv6 nd command.

Variable

Value

dad-ns <0–600>

Specifies the number of neighbor solicitation messages for duplicate address detection (DAD).

A value of 0 disables the DAD process on this interface.

A value of 1 sends one advertisement without retransmissions.

The default is 1.

hop-limit <0–255>

Specifies the current hop limit field sent in router advertisements from this interface.

The value must be the current diameter of the Internet.

A value of zero indicates that the advertisement does not specify a hop-limit value.

The default is 64.