Manually creating an IPv6 interface

You can configure IPv6 by manually creating a local area network IPv6 interface, or a virtual IPv6 interface. You can use either System i® Navigator, or the character-based interface to perform the configuration.

Creating an IPv6 interface using System i Navigator

To create an IPv6 interface by using System i Navigator, follow these steps:
  1. In System i Navigator, expand your system > Network > TCP/IP Configuration > IPv6.
  2. Right-click Interfaces, and complete one of the following steps:
    • To create an IPv6 interface for the local area network, select New Interface > Local Area Network.
    • To create a virtual IPv6 interface, select New Interface > Virtual IP.
  3. Follow the steps in the New IPv6 Interface wizard to create the new IPv6 interface. The new interface will appear in the right window after you finish the configuration.
    Note: The New Interface menu item is enabled only if you have *IOSYSCFG special authority.
  4. To start the interface, right-click the new IPv6 interface in the right pane, and then select Start.

    You can also select the Start when TCP/IP is started check box in the New IPv6 Interface wizard to ensure that it starts automatically the next time that you start TCP/IP.

Configuring an IPv6 interface using the character-based interface

To create a normal IPv6 interface by using the character-based interface, follow these steps:

Note: To run the ADDTCPIFC command, you must have *IOSYSCFG special authority.
  1. On the command line, type ADDTCPIFC (Add TCP/IP Interface command) and press F4 (Prompt) to access the Add TCP/IP Interface menu.
  2. At the Internet address prompt, specify a valid IPv6 address.
  3. At the Line description prompt, specify a line name (use any name) and press Enter to see a list of optional parameters.
  4. Specify any of the other optional parameters that you want, and then press Enter.

To create a virtual IPv6 interface using the character-based interface, follow these steps:

Note: To run the ADDTCPIFC command, you must have *IOSYSCFG special authority.
  1. On the command line, type ADDTCPIFC (Add TCP/IP Interface command) and press F4 (Prompt) to access the Add TCP/IP Interface menu.
  2. At the Internet address prompt, specify a valid IPv6 address.
  3. At the Line description prompt, type *VIRTUALIP and press Enter to see a list of optional parameters.
  4. At the Preferred line descriptions prompt, complete one of the following steps:
    • If you do not want to specify any preferred line descriptions at this moment, keep the default value as *NONE.
    • Type a plus sign (+) by the + for more values prompt and press Enter. Then, in the Specify More Values for Parameter PREFLIND menu, specify line descriptions (use any name) one by one, and then press Enter.
    Note: You can specify up to 10 line descriptions in order of preference. Each line description must be used by at least one IPv6 interface.
  5. Ensure that you specify all the other optional parameters correctly, and then press Enter.

To start the IPv6 interface you created, follow these steps:

  1. On the command line, type STRTCPIFC (Start TCP/IP Interface command) and press F4 (Prompt) to access the Start TCP/IP Interface menu.
  2. At the Internet address prompt, specify the IPv6 address you defined, and then press Enter.

You have successfully created and started an IPv6 interface.

Parent topic: Configuring IPv6
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*IOSYSCFG special authority