ipv6 cef – For Unicast RPF to work, Cisco Express Forwarding must be configured globally in the router
Posted by Peter Kurdziel on July 8, 2009
The following prerequisites apply to Cisco Express Forwarding and distributed Cisco Express Forwarding for IPv6: – To forward IPv6 traffic using Cisco Express Forwarding or distributed Cisco Express Forwarding, you must configure forwarding of IPv6 unicast datagrams globally on the router by using the ipv6 unicast-routing command, and you must configure an IPv6 address on an interface by using the ipv6 address command.
– You must enable Cisco Express Forwarding for IPv4 globally on the router by using the ip cef command before enabling Cisco Express Forwarding for IPv6 globally on the router by using the ipv6 cef command.
– To use Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF), enable Cisco Express Forwarding switching or distributed Cisco Express Forwarding switching in the router. There is no need to configure the input interface for Cisco Express Forwarding switching. As long as Cisco Express Forwarding is running on the router, individual interfaces can be configured with other switching modes.
Note For Unicast RPF to work, Cisco Express Forwarding must be configured globally in the router. Unicast RPF will not work without Cisco Express Forwarding.
