dudes, I just receive an

anguetaedu · ‎03-21-2017

Hi folks, does any body try to configure a VRF with "&" character in the name? I tried to do and it is not allowed, unfornatelly I need to migrate from IOS to IOS-XR and have almost 100 PE devices with this VRF name.

Even when I know that name does not define the VRF (rd:rt it does) but it could generate some problems for verification and troubleshooting.

I'm looking for a king of "bug" explanation or workaround.

RP/0/0/CPU0:ios(config)#vrf O&M 
                             ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.

anguetaedu · ‎03-21-2017

dudes, I just receive an answer from TAC, here is the thing

Regarding to the issue, This is as per the XR design. In fact, there was an enhancement filed way back on XR to block these special characters, including "&" as a part of vrf names and the rest of especial characters like ('`"<>()[]{}/\&^!?~*%=,.+|) .

Please go through CSCsm50446 for more details on the design aspects.

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCsm50446/?reffering_site=dumpcr

IOS XR VRF Configuration "&" character

Regarding to the issue, This is as per the XR design. In fact, there was an enhancement filed way back on XR to block these special characters, including "&" as a part of vrf names and the rest of especial characters like ('`"<>()[]{}/\&^!?~*%=,.+|) .

Please go through CSCsm50446 for more details on the design aspects.