Valid IPv6 Addresses

This guide covers the following HSMs:

  • nShield Connect

  • nShield 5c

The following table provides a list of valid IPv6 addresses for each of the types of addresses recognized by certain parts of the system. For information on setting up IPv6 addresses, see Configuring the Ethernet interfaces - IPv4 and IPv6 .

Address type Address Range (inclusive) (From  |  To) Example

Unspecified

::

::

::

Loopback

::1

::1

::1

Local Unicast

fc00::

fdff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

fdf8:f53b:82e4::53

Link-local

fe80::

febf:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

fe80::200:5aee:feaa:20a2

Site-local (depreciated)

fec0::

feff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

fec0::100:abc:22

Teredo

2001::

2001:0:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:0:4136:e378:8000:63bf:3fff:fdd2

Benchmarking

2001:2::

2001:2:0:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:2:0:6c::430

Orchid

2001:10::

2001:1f:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:10:240:ab::a

6to4

2002::

2002:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2002:cb0a:3cdd:1::1

Documentation

2001:db8::

2001:db8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

2001:db8:8:4::2

Global Unicast

2000::

3fff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

20ab:45:fa::adb5

Multicast

ff00::

ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

ff01::2

The available addresses in the Global Unicast range are not contiguous.