Creating an IPv6 CLIP interface

About this task

Perform this procedure to create an IPv6 CLIP interface and associate it with a specific VRF.

Procedure

  1. Enter Loopback Interface Configuration mode

    enable

    configure terminal

    interface Loopback <1-256>

  2. Create an IPv6 loopback interface address:

    ipv6 interface address WORD <0-255> vrf WORD <1–16>

  3. Optional: Enter a name for the IPv6 address:

    ipv6 interface name WORD <0-64>

  4. Ensure the configuration is correct:

    show ipv6 interface loopback <1–256>

Example

Switch:1#show ipv6 interface loopback 
=======================================================================================================
                                                Loopback Ipv6 Interfaces
=======================================================================================================
IF   VRF          Descr    VLAN PHYSICAL       ADMIN   OPER  TYPE  MTU HOP REACHABLE  RETRANSMIT  IPSEC
INDX NAME                       ADDRESS        STATE   STATE           LMT TIME       TIME        STATE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1348 GlobalRouter CLIPv6-5 --00:00:00:00:00:05 enable  up    ETHER 1500 64 30000     1000     disable

========================================================================================================
                                        Loopback IPv6 Addresses
========================================================================================================
IPV6 ADDRESS/PREFIX LENGTH      LOOPBACK-ID  TYPE    ORIGIN    STATUS               NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2001:db8:0:0:0:0:0:ffff/32       C-5        UNICAST  MANUAL    PREFERRED INF  INF  EXTREMESERVER_2

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Variable Definitions

Use the data in the following table to use the ipv6 commands.

Variable

Value

WORD<1–256>

Specifies the CLIP interface ID.

WORD<0–255>

Specifies the IPv6 address.

vrf WORD<1–16>

Specifies the VRF name.

WORD<0–64>

Specifies the I-SID name associated with the IPv6 address.