ipv6 icmpv6 rate-limiting

Limits the rate at which IPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6) messages are sent on a network.

Syntax

ipv6 icmpv6 rate-limiting milliseconds

no ipv6 icmpv6 rate-limiting

This command is enabled on the management port and on the front-end ports.

milliseconds: Time interval per ICMP packet. The range is from 1 through 4294967295 milliseconds. The default is 1000 milliseconds.

Interface configuration mode

This is an interface-specific configuration.

The no form of this command reverts the rate limiting to the default settings.

Set the rate limiting to 0 to disable icmpv6 rate limiting.

The following example enables IPv6 ICMP rate-limiting on an Ethernet interface.

device(config)# interface ethernet 3/5
device(conf-int-eth-3/5)# ipv6 icmpv6 rate-limiting