Configure Management Port IPv6 Addresses

Note

This procedure only applies to VSP 8600 Series. For other products, see Segmented Management Instance Configuration for VOSS using EDM.

About this task

Configure management port IPv6 addresses to add or remove IPv6 addresses from the port.

The switch supports IPv6 addressing with Ping, Telnet, and SNMP.

In the Device Physical View tab, select the management port.
In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > Edit.
Select Mgmt Port.
Select the IPv6 Addresses tab.
Select Insert.
In the Addr box, type the required IPv6 address for the management port.
In the AddrLen box, type the number of bits from the IPv6 address you want to advertise.
Select Insert.
Select Apply.

Use the data in the following table to use the IPv6 Addresses tab.


Name	Description
Interface	Specifies an index value that uniquely identifies the interface.
Addr	Specifies the IPv6 address to which this entry addressing information pertains. If the IPv6 address exceeds 116 octets, the object identifiers (OIDS) of instances of columns in this row is more than 128 subidentifiers and you cannot use SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, or SNMPv3 to access them.
AddrLen	Specifies the prefix length value for this address. You cannot change the address length after creation. You must provide this field to create an entry in this table.
Type	Specifies unicast, the only supported type.
Origin	Specifies the origin of the address. The origin of the address can be one of the following: other, manual, dhcp, linklayer, or random.
Status	Specifies the status of the address, describing if the address can be used for communication. The status can be one of the following: preferred, deprecated, invalid, inaccessible, unknown, tentative, or duplicate.
Created	Specifies the time this entry was created. If this entry was created prior to the last initialization of the local network management subsystem, then this option contains a zero value.
LastChanged	Specifies the time this entry was last updated. If this entry was updated prior to the last initialization of the local network management subsystem, then this option contains a zero value.