Administering IPv6 (Tasks)

This chapter contains procedures for configuring IPv6 on hosts and routers. The text includes the following major topics:

• Enabling IPv6 Nodes

• Enabling IPv6 Nodes Task Map

• Monitoring IPv6

• Monitoring IPv6 Task Map

• Configuring IP in IP Tunnels

• Configuring IP in IP Tunnels Task Map

• Displaying IPv6 Name Service Information

• Displaying IPv6 Name Service Information Task Map

Enabling IPv6 Nodes

This section provides procedures that you might need to configure IPv6 nodes on your network.

Note - The term node in this context refers either to a Solaris server or client host.

Enabling IPv6 Nodes Task Map

Table 2-1 Enabling IPv6 Nodes Task Map

Note - You can enable IPv6 on a system when you install the Solaris software. If you answered yes to enable IPv6 during the installation process, you can omit the following procedures to enable IPv6.

How to Enable IPv6 on a Node

1. Become superuser on the system where you want to enable IPv6.

2. Type the following for each interface.

   # touch /etc/hostname6.interface

   
   

   Interface

   Interface name, such as le0, le1.

3. Reboot the node

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   Note - The reboot process sends router discovery packets. The router responds with a prefix. The response enables the node to configure the interfaces with an IPv6 address. Rebooting also restarts key network daemons in IPv6 mode.

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4. Display the IPv6 addresses of all interfaces.

   # ifconfig -a6

   
   

   To show both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, just use the -a option.

5. Add the IPv6 address to the appropriate name service as follows:

   • For NIS and NIS+, see How to Add IPv6 Addresses to NIS and NIS+.

   • For DNS, see How to Add IPv6 Addresses to DNS.

How to Configure a Solaris IPv6 Router

1. Become superuser on the system to become the router.

2. Edit the file /etc/inet/ndpd.conf with subnet prefixes by adding one or more of the following entries.

   See the in.ndpd(1M) man page for a list of variables and allowable values. For more information about the ndpd.conf file, see the ndpd.conf(4) man page.

   1. Add entries that specify router behavior for all interfaces.

      ifdefault variable value

      
      

   2. Add entries that specify the default behavior of prefix advertisement.

      prefixdefault variable value

      
      

   3. Add sets per interface parameter entries.

      if interface variable value

      
      

   4. Add advertisements for each entry for interface prefix information.

      prefix prefix/length interface variable value

      
      

3. Reboot the system.

Note - Neighbor discovery (in.ndpd) relays the subnet address prefixes of the hosts to the hosts. Also, the next generation RIP routing protocol (in.ripngd) runs automatically.

Example--ndpd.conf Router Configuration File

# Send router advertisements out all NICs
ifdefault AdvSendAdvertisements on
# Advertise a global prefix and a 
# site local prefix on three interfaces.
# 0x9255 = 146.85
prefix 2:0:0:9255::0/64	 	hme0
prefix fec0:0:0:9255::0/64 	hme0
# 0x9256 = 146.86
prefix 2:0:0:9256::0/64 	hme1
prefix fec0:0:0:9256::0/64	hme1
# 0x9259 = 146.89
prefix 2:0:0:9259::0/64		hme2
prefix fec0:0:0:9259::0/64	hme2