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 
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                                                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.