IPv6 Deployment on Cisco IOS-XE: Dual-Stack Config, OSPFv3, and Prefix Delegation
New post from Sarah Chen on the ignaonline.com Networking series:
IPv6 Deployment on Cisco IOS-XE: Dual-Stack Config, OSPFv3, and Prefix Delegation
IPv6 is no longer optional. In this hands-on guide, we walk through everything you need to get IPv6 running on Cisco IOS-XE:
- Enabling
ipv6 unicast-routingand CEF — the two commands every deployment starts with - Dual-stack interface configuration with global unicast and link-local addresses
- SLAAC vs stateful DHCPv6 — when to use each and how to configure both
- DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation for enterprise edge and branch deployments
- OSPFv3 in address-family mode with real neighbor and route table output
- IPv6 ACLs — including the ICMPv6 permits you must not forget
- Common gotchas: RA flooding, MTU/PMTUD issues, and DAD failures
Every config block uses verified IOS-XE syntax with real show command output.
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