Overview of IPv6 Static Routing

Static routes are manually configured entries in the IPv6 routing table. In setting up static routes, you can specify several types of destinations:

• Destination network, using an IP address and prefix length
• Default network route
• Next hop router
• VRF for the next hop
• Ethernet interface, typically used for directly attached destination networks
• Port-channel interface
• Virtual interface
• Null interface

You can influence the preference a route is given:

• Configure a route metric higher than the default metric
• Give the route an administrative distance

Static routes can be configured to serve as any of the following:

• Default routes
• Primary routes
• Backup routes
• Null routes for intentionally dropping traffic when the desired connection fails
• Alternative routes to the same destination to help load balance traffic