This topic provides guidelines to help you define objects and descriptions
used in the administrative CLI.
Objects
Use the following guidelines when specifying
names for objects:
- You can use alphanumeric characters, dashes (-), underscores (_), and
periods (.) in the object names; however, object names cannot start with a
dash or underscore character and must contain at least one alphanumeric character.
- The object name must not contain blank spaces.
- Most object names can contain up to 256 characters; the exception is cluster
and metadata server names, which can contain up to 32 characters.
- Object names are case-sensitive.
Descriptions
Use the following guidelines when specifying
descriptions:
- A description can contain up to 256 characters and cannot start with a
blank space.
- For administrative commands, if a description contains spaces,
enclose the description in single quotation marks (') or double quotation
marks (").
- For administrative commands, if a description contains quotation
marks, enclose the description in opposite quotation marks (for example, 'This
is a pool named \"Foo\"').
- For administrative commands, if a description that is enclosed
in quotation marks also contains single quotation marks ('), double quotation
marks ("), or asterisks (*) within the string, precede the character with
a backslash (for example, "\*\*This is a test\*\*").
Ports
You can specify a value from 1 024 to 65 535
for port numbers.
Host and domain names
Machine host names must not
include the underscore character (_). Internet standards dictate that domain
names conform to the host name requirements described in Internet Official
Protocol Standards RFC 952 and RFC 1123.
Domain names must contain
only letters (upper or lower case) and digits. Domain names can also contain
dash characters ( - ) as long as the dashes are not on the ends of the name.