Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All
Known Affected Versions:
11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2
Fixed In:
12.0.0
Opened: May 06, 2015 Severity: 3-Major Related Article:
K78693459
When attempting to set up CMI device credentials (device name or password), an error message can result if the device name (of the current device, or the newly specified name for the target device) or the administrator password (for the target device) contains certain characters. The error message has this format: java.io.IOException: Could not read response from server: ParseError at [row,col]:[1,225] Message: Element type 'bigip2' must be followed by either attribute specifications, '>' or '/>'.
Failure to set up CMI sync.
The list of characters is any XML special character (less than, greater than, or ampersand).
For the device name, these characters are illegal and a different device name should be chosen. If the current device has any of the specified characters, you can use the command 'mv cm device source-name target-name' to change the name of the device. There is no workaround if the relevant character is in the password field, except to change the password.
When attempting to set up CMI device credentials (device name or password), an error message would result if the device name (of the current device, or the newly specified name for the target device) or the administrator password (for the target device) contained certain characters. It is still illegal to use these characters in a device name, but the error message is now easier to understand. For the password field, this is now allowed.