Conventions for specifying IPv6 addresses
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) uses colons (:) in its addresses instead of periods (.), which are used in Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) .
Sometimes when you
use
VMware Smart Assurance
APIs or command-line utilities, you need to specify an IP address with a port number. The port number is delimited by a colon (:). (The combination of an IP address and port number is
also called a socket
.) For the IPv6 address and port number to be interpreted correctly, specify the IPv6 address by using
one
of the following conventions:- Enclose the IPv6 address within a pair of double quotation marks and square brackets. The syntax is:"[ipv6_address]:port" "[2001:0db8::0010]:65000"
- Enclose the IPv6 address with a pair of back slashes and square brackets. The syntax is:\[ipv6_address\]:port \[2001:0db8::0010\]:65000
- If the port is a default port, omit the port number and specify only the IPv6 address. No additional convention notations are needed.For example, for an IPv6 address and the default port of 162, specify:2001:0db8::0010