D-Link xStack DGS-3600 Series User Manual - page 167
xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch
The following fields may be viewed or modified. Click
Apply
to set changes made.
Parameter Description
Interface Name
This field displays the name for the IP interface or is used to add a new interface or
change an existing interface name.
Automatic Link Local
Address
Use this pull-down menu to enable or disable this feature. When enabled, the switch will
automatically create an IPv6 link-local address for the switch. Once the user enables this
feature and clicks
Apply
, an IPv6 address will be produced based on the MAC address of
the switch and the new entry will appear in the following Link-Local Address field.
Link-local Address
This field displays the IPv6 address created automatically by the Switch, based on the
MAC Address of the Switch. This is a site local address used only for local routing.
Global Unicast
Address
This field is the unicast address that will be used by the Switch for packets coming from
outside the site-local address, or the public IPv6 address, when connected directly to the
Internet.
VLAN Name
This field states the VLAN Name directly associated with this interface and may be
modified by entering a new pre-configured VLAN Name.
Interface Admin State
Use the pull-down menu to enable or disable configuration on this interface.
Hop Limit
This field sets the number of nodes that this Router Advertisement packet will pass before
being dropped. This number is set to depreciate by one after every node it reaches and
will be dropped once the Hop Limit reaches 0. The user may set the Hop Limit between
1
and
255
with a default value of
64
.
IPv6 Address
Use this field to set a Global Unicast Address for the Switch. This address will be used to
access the network outside of the local link.
NS Retransmit Time
Use this field to set the interval, in seconds that this Switch will produce Neighbor
Solicitation packets to be sent out over the local network. This is used to discover IPv6
neighbors on the local link. The user may select a time between
0
and
65535
milliseconds. Very fast intervals, represented by a low number, are not recommended for
this field.
Prefix Options
Prefix
Use this field to set a prefix for Global Unicast IPv6 addresses to be assigned to other
nodes on the link-local network. This prefix is carried in the Router Advertisement
message to be shared on the link-local network. The user must first have a Global
Unicast Address set for the Switch.
Preferred Life Time
This field states the time that this prefix is advertised as being preferred on the link local
network, when using stateless address configuration. The user may configure a time
between
0
and
4294967295
milliseconds, with a default setting of
604800
milliseconds.
Valid Life Time
This field states the time that this prefix is advertised as valid on the link local network,
when using stateless address configuration. The user may configure a time between
0
and
4294967295
milliseconds.
On Link Flag
Setting this field to
Enabled
will denote, within the IPv6 packet, that the IPv6 prefix
configured here is assigned to this link-local network. Once traffic has been successfully
sent to these nodes with this specific IPv6 prefix, the nodes will be considered reachable
on the link-local network.
Autonomous Flag
Setting this field to
Enabled
will denote that
this prefix may be used to autoconfigure IPv6
addresses on the link-local network.
Router Advertisement Settings
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Use this pull-down menu to enable or disable the switch as being capable of accepting
solicitation from a neighbor, and thus becoming an IPv6 neighbor. Once enabled, this
Switch is now capable of producing Router Advertisement messages to be returned to
querying neighbors.
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