Operation: Add Router Advertisement / Update Router Advertisement
Description: To Add/Update Router Advertisement. 

Sample Configuration
<RouterAdvertisement> <Interface>interfacename</Interface> <Description>Text</Description> <MinAdvertisementInterval>Number</MinAdvertisementInterval> <MaxAdvertisementInterval>Number</MaxAdvertisementInterval> <ManageIPAddressfromDHCPv6>Enable/Disable</ManageIPAddressfromDHCPv6> <ManageOtherParametersfromDHCPv6>Enable/Disable</ManageOtherParametersfromDHCPv6> <DefaultGateway>Enable/Disable</DefaultGateway> <DefaultGatewayLifeTime>Number</DefaultGatewayLifeTime> <PrefixAdvertisementConfiguration> <PrefixAdvertisementConfigurationDetail> <Prefix64>ipv6 prefix</Prefix64> <On-link>Enable/Disable</On-link> <Autonomous>Enable/Disable</Autonomous> <PreferredLifeTime>Number</PreferredLifeTime> <ValidLifeTime>Number</ValidLifeTime> </PrefixAdvertisementConfigurationDetail> : </PrefixAdvertisementConfiguration> <LinkMTU>Number</LinkMTU> <ReachableTime>Number</ReachableTime> <RetransmitTime>Number</RetransmitTime> <HopLimit>Number</HopLimit> </RouterAdvertisement>



Parameter Mandatory Default Description
InterfaceYes  
Select interface for Router Advertisement.
Interface confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'STRING'.
DescriptionNo  
Specify description for the interface to be selected for router advertisement.
Description confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'STRING'.
MinAdvertisementIntervalYes 198 
Specify minimum time interval in seconds between two consecutive Router Advertisements sent to the clients.
MinAdvertisementInterval confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 3 to $MinRtrAdvIntervalEndRange is allowed.
MaxAdvertisementIntervalYes 600 
Specify maximum time interval in seconds between two consecutive Router Advertisements sent to the clients.
MaxAdvertisementInterval confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 4 to 1800 is allowed.
ManageIPAddressfromDHCPv6Yes Disable 
Select to manage auto configuration of IPv6 address from DHCPv6 Server.
ManageIPAddressfromDHCPv6 confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Only 'Enable', 'Disable' are allowed.
ManageOtherParametersfromDHCPv6Yes  
Select to manage other parameters like DNS Server, default router etc. from DHCPv6 Server.
ManageOtherParametersfromDHCPv6 confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Only 'Enable', 'Disable' are allowed.
DefaultGatewayNo  
Select to manage Default Gateway.
DefaultGateway confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Only 'Enable', 'Disable' are allowed.
DefaultGatewayLifeTimeYes  
Specify time in seconds for the appliance to be used as a default gateway.
DefaultGatewayLifeTime confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
Prefix64No  
Specify 64 bit long prefix which is to identify the network in a IPv6 Address.
Prefix64 confines to:
  • Type is 'ARRAY'.
  • Datatype is 'STRING'.
  • Maximum characters allowed are 21.
  • Multiple values are allowed.
NetmaskNo  
Specify IPv6 prefix.
On-linkNo Enable 
Enabling 'On-link' will allow all the devices with IPv6 addresses within the Prefix to be reached on the subnet without the need of a router.
On-link confines to:
  • Type is 'ARRAY'.
  • Only 'Enable', 'Disable' are allowed.
  • Multiple values are allowed.
  • Duplicate values will not be ignored.
AutonomousNo Enable 
Used to automatically generate the IPv6 address.
Autonomous confines to:
  • Type is 'ARRAY'.
  • Maximum characters allowed are 5.
  • Only 'Enable', 'Disable' are allowed.
  • Multiple values are allowed.
  • Duplicate values will not be ignored.
PreferredLifeTimeNo 240 
Specify time in minutes for a valid IPv6 address to remain in the preferred state.
PreferredLifeTime confines to:
  • Type is 'ARRAY'.
  • Datatype is 'STRING'.
  • Maximum characters allowed are 100.
  • Multiple values are allowed.
  • Duplicate values will not be ignored.
ValidLifeTimeNo 1440 
Specify time in minutes for the IPv6 address to remain in the valid state.
ValidLifeTime confines to:
  • Type is 'ARRAY'.
  • Datatype is 'STRING'.
  • Maximum characters allowed are 100.
  • Multiple values are allowed.
  • Duplicate values will not be ignored.
Note:
The value of Valid Life Time must be greater than or equal to Preferred Life Time.
LinkMTUYes 0 
Specify the Maximum Transmission Unit(MTU)in bytes for the packets sent on the interface.
LinkMTU confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 1280 to 1500 is allowed.
ReachableTimeYes 0 
Specify time in Seconds which is used to assume that the neighboring device is reachable after a 'reachability confirmation' message is received.
ReachableTime confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 0 to 3600 is allowed.
RetransmitTimeYes 0 
Specify time in seconds to wait before retransmitting neighbor solicitation messages.
RetransmitTime confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 0 to 4294968 is allowed.
HopLimitYes 64 
Specify Hop limit value which limits the number of hops the packet can pass through.
HopLimit confines to:
  • Type is 'SCALAR'.
  • Datatype is 'INTEGER'.
  • Range 0 to 255 is allowed.



Operation   Status   Message
Add Router Advertisement200
Add Router Advertisement500
Update Router Advertisement200
Update Router Advertisement500

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