Configure IPv6 Addressing for ASA Physical Interface

State: To enable IPv6 processing and to automatically configure the link-local address when you do not configure the global address, click the State slider to enable it. The link-local address is generated based on the interface MAC addresses (Modified EUI-64 format).

Disabling IPv6 does not disable IPv6 processing on an interface that is configured with an explicit IPv6 address or that is enabled for auto configuration.

Address Auto Configuration:

Check this option to have the address automatically configured. IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration will generate a global IPv6 address only if the link on which the device resides has a router configured to provide IPv6 services, including the advertisement of an IPv6 global prefix for use on the link. If IPv6 routing services are not available on the link, you will get a link-local IPv6 address only, which you cannot access outside of the device's immediate network link. The link local address is based on the Modified EUI-64 interface ID.

Although RFC 4862 specifies that hosts configured for stateless autoconfiguration do not send Router Advertisement messages, the device does send Router Advertisement messages in this case. Select Suppress RA to suppress messages and conform to the RFC.

Suppress RA: Check this box if you want to suppress router advertisements. The device can participate in router advertisements so that neighboring devices can dynamically learn a default router address. By default, router advertisement messages (ICMPv6 Type 134) are periodically sent out each IPv6 configured interface.

Router advertisements are also sent in response to router solicitation messages (ICMPv6 Type 133). Router solicitation messages are sent by hosts at system startup so that the host can immediately autoconfigure without needing to wait for the next scheduled router advertisement message.

You might want to suppress these messages on any interface for which you do not want the device to supply the IPv6 prefix (for example, the outside interface).

DAD Attempts: How often the interface performs Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), from 0 - 600. The default is 1. During the stateless auto configuration process, DAD verifies the uniqueness of new unicast IPv6 addresses before the addresses are assigned to interfaces. If the duplicate address is the link-local address of the interface, the processing of IPv6 packets is disabled on the interface. If the duplicate address is a global address, the address is not used. The interface uses neighbor solicitation messages to perform Duplicate Address Detection. Set the value to 0 to disable duplicate address detection (DAD) processing.

Link-Local Address: If you want to use the address as link local only, enter it in the Link-Local Address field. Link local addresses are not accessible outside the local network. You cannot configure a link-local address on a bridge group interface.

A link-local address should start with FE8, FE9, FEA, or FEB, for example fe80::20d:88ff:feee:6a82. Note that we recommend automatically assigning the link-local address based on the Modified EUI-64 format. For example, if other devices enforce the use of the Modified EUI-64 format, then a manually-assigned link-local address may cause packets to be dropped.

Standby Link-Local Address: Configure this address if the interface connects a high availability pair of devices. Enter the link-local address of the interface on the other device, to which this interface is connected.

Static Address/Prefix: If you do not use stateless autoconfiguration, enter the full static global IPv6 address and network prefix. For example, 2001:0DB8::BA98:0:3210/48. You can add another static address.

Standby IP Address: If you configure high availability, and you are monitoring this interface for HA, also configure a standby IPv6 address on the same subnet. The standby address is used by this interface on the standby device. If you do not set the standby IP address, the active unit cannot monitor the standby interface using network tests; it can only track the link state.

Configure Advanced ASA Physical Interface Options. The advanced settings have defaults that are appropriate for most networks. Edit them only if you are resolving network issues.

If you saved the interface, and you don't want to continue advanced interface options, continue to Enable the Physical Interface.