Configuring a basic IPv6 static route

To configure a basic IPv6 static route, specify the IPv6 destination address, the address mask, and the IPv6 address of the next hop.
Before configuring a static IPv6 route, you must enable the forwarding of IPv6 traffic on the Layer 3 switch using the ipv6 unicast-routing command and enable IPv6 on at least one interface by configuring an IPv6 address or explicitly enabling IPv6 on that interface.
To configure a basic IPv6 static route, perform these steps.
  1. Enter global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Designate the route destination as an IPv6 address in hexadecimal with 16-bit values between colons, as specified in RFC 2373, and include the address prefix length preceded by a slash. On the same command line, enter the IPv6 address of the next-hop gateway. 
    device(config)# ipv6 route 2001:DB8::0/32 2001:DB8:0:ee44::1

The following example configures an IPv6 static route for a destination network with the prefix 2001:DB8::0/32 and a next-hop gateway with the global address 2001:DB8:0:ee44::1 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 route 2001:DB8::0/32 2001:DB8:0:ee44::1
Parent topic: IPv6 Static Routing