BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide 107153-1001810-01Configuring the management port for an IPv6 automatic address configuration 43Configuring the management port for an IPv6 automatic addressconfigurationYou can have the management port configured to automatically obtain an IPv6 address. Thisprocess is the same for any other port and is described in detail in the “Configuring a global orsite-local IPv6 address with an automatically computed EUI-64 interface ID” on page 1069IPv6 host supportYou can configure the device to be an IPv6 host. An IPv6 host has IPv6 addresses on its interfaces,but does not have IPv6 routing enabled on it. This feature support is available on devices runningthe Layer 2, base Layer 3, or full Layer 3 software image.This section lists the supported and unsupported IPv6 host features.IPv6 host supported featuresThe following IPv6 host features are supported:• Automatic address configurationNOTEAutomatic IPv6 address configuration is supported. Manual IPv6 address configuration is notsupported. Also, automatic configuration of an IPv6 global address is supported only if there isan IPv6 router present on the network.• HTTP/HTTPS over IPv6• IPv6 ping• Telnet using an IPv6 address• TFTP using an IPv6 address• Trace route using an IPv6 address• Name to IPv6 address resolution using IPv6 DNS Server• IPv6 access lists• IPv6 debugging• SSH version 1 over IPv6• SNMP over IPv6• Logging (Syslog) over IPv6IPv6 unsupported featuresThe following IPv6 features are not supported:• IPv6 Routing• Tunneling• MLD version 1 and version 2• IP security
