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tbw_90635
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NimbostratusNaming Restriction
In the LTM doc, I see a common naming restrictions for the following:
1. pool names
2. node names
3. SNAT names
4. rate class names
The naming restriction is defined as case-sensitive, containing only letters, numbers and (_)underscore. Reserved keywords are not allowed.
Does the same restriction apply for other names?
(i.e. Virtual Server name, iRule names)
- I'll have to verify this next time I'm in the office, but it's my understanding that the naming restrictions are common across all user-defined named objects.
-Joe 
tbw_90635Joe, I sure hope that is the situation. I did the following test and found a bit of a discontinuity in the naming.
Using your jsp admin GUI, I attempted to create a virtual server name containing an ampersand (&). The response was as follows:
01070088:3: The requested object name (test&test) is invalid.
Next I tried a virtual server name containing a greater than (>) character. The response was as follows:
(!) Bad Characters. Only the following special characters are allowed: period, asterisk, foward slash, dash, colon, underscore, question mark, equals, at sign, comma, ampersand and space.*/-:_?=@,
This error message indicates an ampersand is OK, however, the previous test shows it fails.
Thanks for any help you can provide to clear this up.
Tim
