Overview

This article provides information about the IPv6 on Exinda such as its compatibility, usage, what happens if you turn it off and how to verify if it is enabled. This is intended to be a guide for you to understand how to work with the IPv6 on your Exinda. 

Prerequisites

• Access to the Exinda CLI

Solution

Usage of IPs on Exinda Appliance

When addressing a Management or a Cluster Interface, an IP address is needed to access the ports. Most people put IPv4 addresses on it to support their current infrastructure, but Exinda allows for IPv6 addresses to be used on these interfaces as well. Bridges and the ethernet ports belonging to the bridges do NOT need IP addresses of any kind. The job of a bridge is to accept traffic, classify and optimize it, and as a result, it does not need an explicit IP Address.

Verify if IPv6 is enabled

In order to verify is enabled, you should perform the following steps:

• Log in to your Exinda CLI
• Once in there, you need to run the command show ipv6as shown below:

  exinda-test (config) # show ipv6 
  IPv6 summary
      IPv6 supported:        yes
      IPv6 admin enabled:    yes
      IPv6 interface count:  3
  exinda-test (config) #

Impact of turning-off IPv6 on Exinda Appliance

Turning off IPv6 functionality on the Exinda Appliance will NOT affect any IPv6 traffic flowing through the Appliance; it will still be allowed (or denied) based on any applicable policies. Turning IPv6 functionality off on the Exinda will only disallow the usage of IPv6 addresses on individual interfaces, such as the Management port or a Cluster Management port.

Turning off IPv6 on an Exinda Appliance

1. Log in to your Exinda CLI
2. Run the commands en, conf t and no ipv6 enable as shown below: 
   

   exinda-test > en
   exinda-test # conf t
   exinda-test (config) # no ipv6 enable
   

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