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IPv6 Addresses

IPv6 Addresses in Apstra

IPv6 is supported on EVPN L2 deployments and L3 deployments. Full feature parity for IPv6 across vendors is not available. Refer to the Apstra Feature Matrix for details.

To use IPv6 addressing, you must enable IPv6 in the blueprint (Staged > Policies > Fabric Addressing Policy).

In Apstra, you create IP pools in the global Resources catalog. When you're building your blueprint you'll assign those pools, then Apstra will automatically pull resources as needed. If you need to assign a specific Loopback IP address or Link IP address, you can assign it manually.

IPv6 Pool Details

IPv6 pools include the following details:

Pool Name A unique name to identify the resource pool
Total Usage Percentage of IPv6 addresses in use for all subnets in the resource pool. (Hover over the status bar to see the number of IPv6 addresses in use and the total number of IPv6 addresses in the pool.)
Per Subnet Usage The IPv6 addresses included in the subnet and the percentage that are in use. (Hover over the status bar to see the number of IPv6 addresses in use and the total number of IPv6 addresses in that subnet.)
Status Indicates if the pool is in use

IPv6 Pools in the Apstra GUI

From the left navigation menu in the Apstra GUI, navigate to Resources > IPv6 Pools to go to the global catalog where you can create, edit and delete IPv6 pools. The pool fc01:a05:fab::/48 is predefined.

Create IPv6 Pool

  1. From the left navigation menu, navigate to Resources > IPv6 Pools and click Create IPv6 Pool (or to copy an existing pool and customize it, click the Clone button for the pool to copy).
  2. Enter a unique name and valid subnet. To add another subnet, click Add a Subnet and enter the subnet.
  3. Click Create to create the pool and return to the table view.

Update IPv6 Pool

You can add and change subnets in IPv6 pools; you can delete a subnet as long as none of the IP addresses in the subnet are in use.
  1. From the left navigation menu, navigate to Resources > IPv6 Pools and click the Edit button for the pool to update.
  2. Add, change and/or delete subnets, as required.
  3. Click Update to update the pool and return to the table view.

Delete IPv6 Pool

You can delete IP pools as long as none of the IP addresses within the pool are in use.
  1. From the left navigation menu, navigate to Resources > IPv6 Pools and click the Delete button for the pool to delete.
  2. Click Delete to delete the pool and return to the table view.