Configuring IPv6 on Cisco IOS Software Technology

The Cisco IOS Software technology available on routers supports most features of the IPv6 protocol required to deploy and manage IPv6 networks. This part of the chapter examines IPv6 features implemented on Cisco IOS Software technology. These features are necessary to enable IPv6, activate IPv6 on network interfaces, and configure mechanisms within NDP (Neighbor Discovery Protocol) such as the replacement of ARP, stateless autoconfiguration, prefix advertisement, DAD (Duplicate Address Detection), and prefix renumbering. NDP, stateless autoconfiguration, prefix advertisement, DAD, and prefix renumbering are saved for Chapter 3.

This section focuses on the configuration and operation of the IPv6 ...

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