D-Link DGS-3612G Product Manual - Page 183

xStack® DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch Section 4 L3 Features Interface Settings MD5 Key Settings Route Redistribution Settings Multicast Static Route Settings Static/Default Route Settings Route Preference Settings Static ARP Settings Gratuitous ARP Settings Policy Route Settings ECMP Algorithm Settings IP Tunnel Settings RIP OSPF DHCP Server DHCPv6 Server Filter DHCP Server DNS Relay DNS Resolver VRRP IP Multicast Routing Protocol BGP IP Route Filter The following section will aid the user in configuring security functions for the Switch. The Switch has the capability to support the following: • IPv6 unicast, multicast and anycast addresses • Allow for IPv6 packet forwarding • IPv6 fragmentation and re-assembly • Processing of IPv6 packet and extension headers • Static IPv6 route configuration • IPv6 Neighbor Discovery • Link-Layer Address resolution, Neighbor Unreachability Detection and Duplicate Address Detection over broadcast mediums (ex: Ethernet) • Send Router Advertisement • ICMPv6 functionality The following sections will briefly explain IPv6, its functionality and how IPv6 is implemented on this Switch. Overview IP version 6 is the logical successor to IP version 4. It was known that IPv4 could not support the amount of addresses that would eventually be needed for not only each person, but each device that would require an IP address, and therefore a system with a 167