IPv6 basics tasks at a glance

To configure basic IPv6 settings, perform the following tasks:

1. Configuring an IPv6 address

   Choose the following tasks as needed:

   • Configuring an IPv6 global unicast address

   • Configuring an IPv6 link-local address

   • Configuring an IPv6 anycast address

2. (Optional.) Configuring path MTU discovery

   • Setting the interface MTU

   • Setting a static path MTU for an IPv6 address

   • Setting the aging time for dynamic path MTUs

3. (Optional.) Controlling sending ICMPv6 messages

   • Configuring the rate limit for ICMPv6 error messages

   • Enabling replying to multicast echo requests

   • Enabling sending ICMPv6 destination unreachable messages

   • Enabling sending ICMPv6 time exceeded messages

   • Enabling sending ICMPv6 redirect messages

   • Specifying the source address for ICMPv6 packets

4. (Optional.) Enabling IPv6 local fragment reassembly

5. (Optional.) Configuring IPv6 bandwidth-based load sharing