There are three types of IPv6 addresses—unicast, anycast, and multicast.
Unicast address: This address identifies a single interface. A data packet sent to a unicast address is delivered only to the interface that is identified by that address.
Anycast address: This address identifies a set of interfaces. A data packet sent to an anycast address is delivered to the nearest interface (according to the routing protocols' measure of distance)
that is identified by that address.
This type of address is not supported in Data ONTAP.
Multicast address: This address identifies a set of interfaces. A data packet sent to a multicast address is delivered to all the interfaces that are identified by that address.
Note: In IPv6, multicast addresses replace broadcast addresses.
