IPv6 Router Advertisment Policy

1. Select Configuration > Network > IPv6 Router Advertisement Policy.
   

   
2. Select Add to create a new IPv6 router advertisement policy, Edit to modify the attributes of a selected policy or Delete to remove obsolete policies from the list of those available. Existing policies can be copied or renamed as needed. Provide a 32 character maximum name for the policy in the IPv6 RA Policy Name field. Select OK to proceed.
   The IPv6 RA Policy Name screen displays.

   

   
3. Set the following Router Advertisement Policy Basic Settings:

   Advertise MTU	Select this option to include the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) in the router advertisements. The default setting is disabled
   Advertise Hop Count	Select this option to include the hop count in the header of outgoing IPv6 packets. The default setting is disabled.
   Assist in Neighbor Discovery	Select this option to send the source link layer address in a router advertisement to assist in neighbor discovery. The default setting is enabled.
   Default Router Lifetime	Set the default router lifetime availability for IPv6 router advertisements. A lifetime of 0 indicates that the router is not a default router. The router advertisement interval range is 0 - 9000 Seconds, 0 - 150 Minutes, or 0 - 2.5 Hours. The default is 30
   Managed Address Configuration Flag	Select this option to send the managed address configuration flag in router advertisements. When set, the flag indicates that the addresses are available via DHCP v6. The default setting is disabled
   Other Configuration Flag	Select this option to send the other configuration flag in router advertisements. When set, the flag indicates other configuration information (DNS related information, information on other servers within the network) is available via DHCP v6. The default
   RA Interval	Set the interval for unsolicited IPv6 router assignments. The router advertisement interval range is 3 - 1800 seconds or 0 - 150 minutes. The default is 5 minutes.
   RA Consistency Flag	Select this option to check if parameters advertised by other routers on the local link are in conflict with those router advertisements by this controller, service platform or Access Point. This option is disabled.
   Router Preference	Set a High, Medium or Low preference designation on this router versus other router resource that may be available to the controller, service platform or Access Point. The default setting is medium.
   Suppress RA	Use this setting to enable or diable the transmission of a router advertisement within the IPv6 packet. This setting is enabled by default.
   Unicast the Solicited RA	Select this option to enable the unicast (single destination) transmission of a router advertisement within the IPv6 packet. This setting is disabled by default.

4. Set the following Neighbor Discovery Reachable Time Settings:

   Advertise ND Reachable Time in RA	Select this option not specify the neighbor reachable time in the router advertisements. When unspecified, the neighbor reachable time configured for the system is advertised. The default setting is disabled.
   Override System ND Reachable Time in RA	Set the period for sending neighbor reachable time in the router advertisements. When unspecified, the neighbor reachable time configured for the system is advertised. The interval range is from 5,000 - 3,600,000 milliseconds. The default is 5000 milliseconds.

5. Set the following Neighbor Solicitation Retransmit Time Settings:

   Advertise NS Retransmit Timer in RA	Select this option to not specify the neighbor solicitation retransmit timer value in router advertisements. The default setting is disabled.
   Override System NS Retransmit Interval in RA	Set the period for sending the neighbor solicitation retransmit timer in router advertisements. When unspecified, the setting configured for the system is advertised. The interval range is from 1000 - 3,600,000 milliseconds. The default is 1000 milliseconds.

6. Select + Add Row under the Router Advertisement Policy DNS Settings table and set the following:

   DNS Server IPv6 Address	Use a DNS server to resolve host names to IPv6 addresses. When an IPv6 host is configured with the address of a DNS server, the host sends DNS name queries to the server for resolution. This field is mandatory
   DNS Server Lifetime Type	Set the lifetime afforded to the DNS server resource. Options include expired, External (fixed), and infinite. The default is External (fixed).
   DNS Server Lifetime	Set the maximum time the DNS server is available for name resolution. The interval range is from 1000 - 3,600,000 milliseconds. The default is 10 minutes.

7. Select + Add Row under the Router Advertisement Policy Domain Name Settings table and define the following settings:

   Domain Name	Enter a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is an unambiguous domain name available a router advertisement resource. To distinguish an FQDN from a regular domain name, a trailing period is added. For example, somehost.example.com. This field is mandatory.
   Domain Name Lifetime Type	Set the DNS Server Lifetime Type. Options include expired, External (fixed), and infinite. The default is External (fixed).
   Domain Name Lifetime	Set the maximum time the DNS domain name is available as a name resolution resource. The default is 10 minutes.

8. Select OK to save the changes, Reset to revert to the last saved configuration or Exit to close the screen.