RA packet for managed address configuration flag validation

In the RA packets, there is an “M” flag (managed address configuration flag) that can be configured to indicate that the address assignments are available through DHCPv6. This means that DHCPv6 takes care of the interface address assignment in that LAN segment. If a filtering policy is enabled, then all the RA packets without an “M” flag are dropped. By default, this validation is not performed.

The following figure illustrates IPv6 ICMP RA data packet outline for managed address configuration.

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IPv6 ICMP RA data packet outline