IPV6 on virtual machines

[thechain]

Hi,
we are going to deploy a proxmox 7.4 3 node cluster that will have several vm installed on it.
The management interface is on the bridge (active passive) on which the vms should make traffic.
I did leave the standard settings regarding the IP stack and I'm wondering (stupid doubt!?) if the bridge, made on a 2 nic in failover, is capable to permit ipv6 traffic from and to the vms or not.

 

[jayr]

Yes, a Linux bridge exists at layer 2 of the OSI model and IP exists at layer 3. Your vms can use ipv6 as long as the router supports it (you don't need to configure the host for ipv6 at all) If you have a dhcpv6 server or SLAAC on your network, your VMs can even get an autoconfigured IPv6 address.

 

[thechain]

Yes, a Linux bridge exists at layer 2 of the OSI model and IP exists at layer 3. Your vms can use ipv6 as long as the router supports it (you don't need to configure the host for ipv6 at all) If you have a dhcpv6 server or SLAAC on your network, your VMs can even get an autoconfigured IPv6 address.

Thanks a lot