Enables a Layer 3 switch to send an IPv6 ICMP redirect message to a neighboring host to inform it of a better first-hop router on a path to a destination.

ipv6 redirects
no ipv6 redirects

By default, the sending of IPv6 ICMP redirect messages by a Layer 3 switch is disabled.

Interface configuration mode

This feature is supported on Virtual Ethernet (VE) interfaces only.

The no form of the command disables a Layer 3 switch to send an IPv6 ICMP redirect message to a neighboring host.

The following example enables a Layer 3 switch to send an IPv6 ICMP redirect message to a neighboring host. 

device(config)# interface ve 1
device(config-vif-1)# ipv6 redirects