Displaying and editing an IPv6 address

After you have set the IPv6 address, you can display the IPv6 addresses and the IPv6 gateway addresses. You can also set the IPv6 addresses for a cluster that you are going to create.

The IPv6 addresses and the IPv6 gateway addresses consist of eight (4-digit) hexadecimal values that are shown across four panels, as shown in Figure 1. Each panel displays two 4-digit values that are separated by a colon, the address field position (such as 2/4) within the total address, and scroll indicators. Move between the address panels by using the left button or right button.

Figure 1. Viewing the IPv6 address on the front-panel display
This figure shows the sequence of the IPv6 address panels on the front-panel display

You can display or edit the cluster IPv6 addresses or IPv6 gateway addresses when you are creating a cluster from the Create Cluster? menu. You can also display or edit the service mode IPv6 address within service mode.

Perform the following steps to edit an IPv6 address:

  1. When the panel is in edit mode, the full address is still shown across four panels as eight (4-digit) hexadecimal values. You edit each digit of the hexadecimal values independently. The current digit is highlighted.
  2. Press the up button if you want to increase the value that is highlighted; press the down button if you want to decrease that value.
  3. Press the right button or left button to move to the number field that you want to set.
  4. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each number field that you want to set.
  5. Press the select button to complete the change or press the right button to display the next secondary option or press the left button to display the previous options.
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