Adding IPv6 interfaces

You can use either IBM Navigator for i or the character-based interface to create IPv6 interfaces for your system, including local area network interface and virtual IPv6 interfaces.

Creating an IPv6 interface using IBM Navigator for i

To create a new IPv6 interface by using IBM Navigator for i, follow these steps:
  1. In IBM Navigator for i, expand IBM i Management > Network > TCP/IP Configuration > IPv6 and click IPv6 Interfaces.
  2. Click the Actions menu and complete one of the following steps:
    • To create a local area network interface, select New Interface > Local Area Network.
    • To create a virtual interface, select New Interface > Virtual IP.
  3. Follow the steps in the New IPv6 Interface wizard to create the IPv6 interface. After you finish the configuration, the interface is displayed in the right pane.
    Note: The New Interface menu item is enabled only if you have *IOSYSCFG special authority.

Creating an IPv6 interface using the character-based interface

Note: To run the ADDTCPIFC command, you must have *IOSYSCFG special authority.

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

  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, and then press Enter.

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

  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 *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.