ipv6 route
 
   
  Configures an IPv6 static route. 
  
 Syntax
 
	  
		ipv6 route 
		 
		  dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length 
		  next-hop-ipv6-address 
		   
		  [ 
		  metric 
		  ] 
		  [ 
		  distance 
		  number 
		  ] 
		  [ 
		  tag 
		  tag-number 
		  ] 
		 
	 
			
				ipv6 route
				
					dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length
					link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
					[ ethernet
					slot/port
					]
					[
					metric
					]
					[
					distance
					number
					]
					[
					tag
					tag-number
					]
				
			
			
				ipv6 route
				
					dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length
					link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
					[port-channel
					number
					]
					[
					metric
					]
					[
					distance
					number
					]
					[
					tag
					tag-number
					]
				
			
 
	  
		ipv6 route 
		 
		  dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length 
		  link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
		   
		  [ 
		  ve 
		  ve-id 
		  ] 
		  [ 
		  metric 
		  ] 
		  [ 
		  distance 
		  number 
		  ] 
		  [ 
		  tag 
		  tag-number 
		  ] 
		 
	 
			ipv6 route
				next-hop-recursion
 
	  
		no ipv6 route 
		 
		  dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length 
		  next-hop-ipv6-address 
		   
		 
	 
			
				no ipv6 route
				
					dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length
					link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
					[ ethernet
					slot/port
					]
				
			
			
				no ipv6 route
				
					dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length
					link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
					[port-channel
					number
					]
				
			
 
	  
		no ipv6 route 
		 
		  dest-ipv6-prefix/prefix-length 
		  link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
		   
		  [ 
		  ve 
		  ve-id 
		  ] 
		 
	 
			no ipv6 route
				next-hop-recursion
  
	 Command Default
 
		No IPv6 static route is configured by default. 
		
 
	 
 
	 Parameters
 
		 
		   
			 -  
				 
				  dest-ipv6-prefix 
				 
			 
- Destination IPv6 prefix in hexadecimal with 16-bit values between colons, as specified in RFC 2373. 
			 
-  
				 
				  prefix-length 
				 
			 
- A decimal value specifying the length of the IPv6 address prefix. 
			 
-  
				 
				  next-hop-ipv6-address 
				 
			 
- IPv6 address of the next-hop gateway. 
			 
-  
				 
				  link-local-next-hop-ipv6-address 
				 
			 
- IPv6 address of the link-local next-hop gateway. 
			 
-  
				 
				  ethernet 
				  slot/port 
				 
			 
- Specifies the Ethernet slot and port. 
			 
- port-channel
							number
					
- Specifies a port-channel interface. 
-  
				 
				  ve 
				  ve-id 
				 
			 
- Specifies the virtual Ethernet (VE) interface. 
			 
-  
				 
				  metric 
				 
			 
- Specifies a value that the Layer 3 switch uses to compare this route to other static routes in the IPv6 static route table that have the same destination. The metric applies only to routes that the Layer 3 switch has already placed in the IPv6 static route table. Two or more routes to the same destination with the same metric will load share (as in ECMP load sharing). The range is from 1 through 16. The default is 1. 
			 
-  
				 
				  distance 
				  number 
				 
			 
- Specifies an administrative distance. The range is from 1 through 254. The default is 1. This is a value that the Layer 3 switch uses to compare this route with routes from other route sources that have the same destination. By default, static routes take precedence over routes learned by routing protocols. To choose a dynamic route over a static route, configure the static route with a higher administrative distance than the dynamic route. A distance of 255 is considered unreachable. 
			 
-  
				 
				  tag 
				 
			 
- Specifies a tag value for the route. The route tag can be used for route redistribution to routing protocols by means of route maps (as in IPv4 static route redistribution). 
				 
				   
					 - tag-number 
					 
- A number from 0 through 4294967295. The default is 0. 
					 
 
- next-hop-recursion
					
- Specifies that if the next hop for a static route is reachable, then that
						route is added to the routing table.
Modes
 
		Global configuration mode 
		
 
		VRF configuration mode 
		
 
	 
 
	 Usage Guidelines
 
		Use the 
		  no form of the command with the same parameters to remove the IPv6 static route. 
		
 
	 
Examples
 
	  
		The following example creates an IPv6 static route for a destination network with the prefix 2001:DB8::0/32 and a next-hop gateway with the global address 2001:DB8:0:ee44::1. 
		
 
		device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 route 2001:DB8::0/32 2001:DB8:0:ee44::1
 
	 
			
				The following example configures non-recursive lookup in the default VRF.
				device(config)# ipv6 route next-hop-recursion
 
			
			
				The following example configures non-recursive lookup in a non-default VRF named
					red. 
				device(config)# vrf red
device(config-vrf-red)# address-family ipv6 unicast
device(config-vrf-red-ipv6-unicast)# ipv6 route next-hop-recursion