ipv6-address

Configures a virtual IPv6 address for a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol version 3 (VRRPv3) or VRRP Extended version 3 (VRRP-Ev3) instance.
Syntax
ipv6-address { ipv6-address | auto-gen-link-local }
no ipv6-address { ipv6-address | auto-gen-link-local }
Command Default

A virtual IPv6 address is not configured for a VRRPv3 or VRRP-Ev3 instance.

Parameters
ipv6-address
Configures an IPv6 address.
auto-gen-link-local
Automatically generates a virtual IPv6 link-local address for the VRRPv3 instance. Not supported in VRRP-Ev3.
Modes

Virtual routing ID interface configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

For VRRP instances, the IPv6 address used for the virtual router must be configured on the device assigned to be the initial VRRP owner device. The same physical IPv6 address cannot be used on any other VRRP device.

If the auto-gen-link-local keyword is entered, a virtual IPv6 link-local address is generated automatically for the specific VRRPv3 instance. The virtual link-local address is carried in VRRPv3 advertisements. A manually configured link-local address takes precedence over the automatically generated address.

Note: Automatically generated virtual link-local addresses are not supported for VRRP-Ev3 instances.

The no form of the command removes the virtual router IPv6 address. If the auto-gen-link-local keyword was active, the automatically generated virtual IPv6 link-local address is removed for the VRRPv3 instance, and subsequent VRRPv3 advertisements will not carry this link-local address.

Examples

The following example configures a virtual IPv6 address for VRID 1 when IPv6 VRRPv3 is implemented. In this example, the device is configured as the VRRPv3 owner device.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router vrrp
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/6
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ipv6 address fd2b::1/64
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ipv6 vrrp vrid 1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# owner
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# ipv6-address fe80::768e:f8ff:fe2a:0099
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# ipv6-address fd2b::1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# activate

The following example configures a virtual IPv6 address for VRID 2 when VRRP-Ev3 is implemented. In this example, the device is configured as a VRRP-Ev3 backup device and the highest priority device will become the master VRRP-Ev3 device.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 router vrrp-extended
device(config-ipv6-vrrpe-router)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ipv6 address fd4b::1/64
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ipv6 vrrp-extended vrid 2
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-2)# backup priority 110
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-2)# ipv6-address fe80::768e:f8ff:fe3a:0099
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-2)# ipv6-address fd4b::99
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-2)# activate