# Monitoring IPv6 Local Pools for DHCP Prefix Delegation By Pool Name

#### Purpose

Display prefix delegation details for an IPv6 local address pool configured on a virtual router.

#### Action

To display prefix delegation information for a specific IPv6 local address pool:

    host1#show ipv6 local pool example

    Pool : example
    --------------
    Utilization : 24

            Start           End                Total   In Use   Exclude   Util   Preferred     Valid
                                                                                 Lifetime     Lifetime
    ---------------      -------------------   ------  -------  -------   ----   -----------   ----------
    4004:4004::/48       4004:4004:ffff::/48   65536    16000   1         24     30 minutes    1 day

    Exclude                4004:4004::/48
    Dns Servers            5:5:5:5:5:5:5:5
                           6:6:6:6:6:6:6:6
    Domain Search List     example-1.com
                           example-2.com
                           example-3.com
                           example-4.com

#### Meaning

Table 37 lists the show ipv6 local pool poolName command output fields.

Table 37: show ipv6 local pool poolName Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
Pool | Name of the IPv6 local address pool for which prefix delegation details are displayed
Utilization | Percentage of IPv6 prefixes currently allocated to clients from the local address pool
Start | Starting prefix of the range of prefixes configured in a particular pool
End | Ending prefix of the range of prefixes configured in a particular pool
Total | Number of prefixes available for allocation to clients from a particular pool
In Use | Number of prefixes in a pool that are currently used by DHCPv6 clients
Preferred Lifetime | Amount of time for which the prefix remains preferred for the requesting router to use
Valid Lifetime | Amount of time for which the prefix remains valid for the requesting router to use
Exclude | Prefix length or prefix range excluded from allocation to the requesting router
Util | Percentage of prefixes currently allocated to clients from a particular prefix range in the pool
Dns Servers | List of IPv6 addresses of DNS servers to be sent to clients in the DHCPv6 responses
Domain Search List | List of domain names configured in the IPv6 local pool for DNS resolution

#### Related Documentation

- show ipv6 local pool