Bug ID 917577: Discovering BIG-IP devices and importing services when first character of profile name is a number

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IQ Configuration - Local Traffic(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
7.1.0

Fixed In:
7.1.0.1

Opened: Jun 15, 2020

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

The BIG-IQ discover/import process fails when the BIG-IP devices being discovered/imported have configurations with profile or rule names that begin with a number.

Impact

BIQ-IQ cannot manage these BIG-IP devices.

Conditions

A policy rule name starts with a number, for example "8rule". When BIG-IQ sees this, it will fail validation and then fail the discovery/import process.

Workaround

Fixed.

Fix Information

BIG-IQ can manage BIG-IP devices that have a policy rule name that starts with a number.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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