PowerVault: ME5 - Unable to Set a DNS Name with Hyphen in Between Characters

Summary: The article covers details on the inability to set a DNS name with hyphen "-" in between characters.

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Symptoms

While in CLI, the system returns an error if attempting to set the DNS name with hyphens "-" in between capitalized characters.
Example hostname: LSTME5084-B4-CA / LSTME5084-B4-CB 
# set dns-management-hostname controller a name LSTME5084-B4-CA
Error: The specified domain contains an invalid label. (2024-03-13 07:47:29

Cause

Controller firmware error during validation due to Repeated Pattern

Resolution

FIX:
Fixed in ME5 firmware update, released June/July 2024

Workaround:
Use lower case with hyphen(-) character between words.
Or
Use Upper case without hyphen(-) character between words. 
Examples
# set dns-management-hostname controller a name lstme5084-b4-ca
# set dns-management-hostname controller a name LSTME5084

Affected Products

ME Series, PowerVault ME5012, PowerVault ME5024, PowerVault ME5084
Article Properties
Article Number: 000223369
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2025
Version:  4
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