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Naming Guidelines
Naming Guidelines
This appendix provides information about:
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Naming Rules for Users and Roles.
•Naming Rules for Names and Descriptions.
Naming Rules for Users and Roles
Table A-1 lists the rules for usernames, passwords, and roles.
Table A-1 Allowable Characters for Users and Roles
Type
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Rules
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User Name
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•No more than 32 characters.
•Case sensitive.
•Except for the full stop/period (.) and dash (-), the characters from Table A-2
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User Password
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•5-8 characters.
•Case sensitive.
•Any alphanumeric character and the underscore.
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Role
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•No more than 32 characters.
•Case sensitive.
•Any character from Table A-2.
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Naming Rules for Names and Descriptions
Table A-2 lists the allowable characters for names and descriptions. The number of characters allowed are:
•Names—no more than 64 characters allowed
•Descriptions—no more than 256 characters allowed
Table A-2 Allowable Characters for Names and Descriptions
Character Description
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Characters
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alphanumeric—upper and lower case
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a123b, A123B
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space
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exclamation mark
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!
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number sign
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#
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percent sign
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%
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ampersand
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&
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left and right parenthesis
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( )
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asterisk
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*
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plus sign
Note Not to be used for configuration templates and configuration, firmware, and radio management jobs.
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+
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comma
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,
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hyphen, dash, minus
Note Not to be used for user names and roles.
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-
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full stop (period)
Note Not to be used for user names and roles.
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.
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solidus (forward slash)
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/
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colon
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:
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semicolon
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;
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equals
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=
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question mark
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?
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low line (underscore)
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_
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left and right square bracket
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[ ]
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reverse solidus (backward slash)
Note Not allowed as a final character.
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\
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left and right curly bracket
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{ }
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vertical line
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tilde
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~
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dollar sign
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$
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