Users can manage NetMRI on an IPv6 network. The NetMRI Management port has its own factory default link-local IPv6 address, which is unique on its connected subnet. The default IPv6 address derives from the Ethernet MAC address of the NetMRI interface.
You must use a Windows 7 system to configure NetMRI to run on the IPv6 network because Windows 7 natively supports IPv6.
To configure a new NetMRI appliance to be managed through IPv6, do the following:
1. Reboot Windows 710, ensure that it is enabled for IPv6 networking, and then connect it to the management (MGMT) port of the NetMRI appliance, using a standard Ethernet cable.
2. On the Windows 7 system, open Open a command-line window and run the ipconfig command.
Check the listing in the Local Area Connection section of the ipconfig display and take note of record the interface number associated with the PC’s IPv6 Link Local address. The value will have an fe80: prefix and end with a %* designator, such as fe80::505:ac3b:49b7:dc38%15. The value 15 in this example is the interface number.
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4. Find the Interface *: Local Area Connection section (the * corresponds to the interface number for your PC system’s IPv6 address). No entry should be present in this category for any address starting with the fe80: prefix.
In the Windows PC’s command line, you must now run a multicast IPv6 ping to all nodes on the subnet on which the Management port is running. Effectively, this means you are running a multicast IPv6 ping to the single NetMRI management port connected to the PC.
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8. In the NetMRI CLI, enter the configure ip commandserver command.
9. Enter a new IPv6 address for the management interface in the IPv6 Address (optional) field. The address should begin with 2001: prefix and conform to the IPv6 prefix for the network. Also enter the Primary DNS Server Address, the default gateway, and the Primary DNS Domain. For example:
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