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Status Future consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 21, 2020

Increase Maximum Byte Constraint on "Node" (Currently 51 bytes)

Node name currently has a maximum byte size of 51 chars. We have nodes with FQDN's source AWS that require 75 chars.

We request that node name be increased to some value at or exceeding 128 bytes to facilitate long node values in the future.

Application Documentation:

Node name

Specify the host name or the IP address of the workstation you are connecting to. You can use fully qualified domain names. For host names, valid characters are alphanumeric, including dash (-). You can also specify an IP address in IPv4 or IPv6 formats. The maximum length is 51 characters.

Idea priority Medium
RFE ID 144773
RFE URL
RFE Product IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)
  • Guest
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    Aug 21, 2020

    The Internet standard is 255 characters.

    Additional clarification: this RFE is specific to the Node property of a workstation