ipv6 drop routing-type

Enables the dropping of routing header options so that only IPv6 routing type value 2 is allowed.. All other routing types, from 0 through 255, are dropped.
Syntax
ipv6 drop routing-type
no ipv6 drop routing-type
Command Default

Dropping IPv6 routing header options is disabled by default.

Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

When this command is used, only IPv6 routing type value 2 is allowed. All other routing types (0 through 255) are dropped.

Note: Dropping IPv6 routing header options is not supported on ICX 7550 and ICX 7850 devices.

When an IPv6 packet has multiple extension headers, the action taken is based on the first extension header.

The no form of this command disables the dropping of routing header options.

Examples

The following example enables the dropping of IPv6 routing header options.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 drop routing-type

The following example disables the dropping of IPv6 routing header options.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# no ipv6 drop routing-type
History
Release version Command history
09.0.10 This command was introduced.