3.1.4.12 ValidateServerInfo

This section captures the common validation requirements for a ServerInfo data. For the rest of the section, the ServerInfo data to be validated is assumed to be present as a parameter with the name Param_serverInfo.

  1. If Param_serverInfo.Name is specified as a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), split it into server name and domain name. Store the server name portion into Param_serverInfo.Name and store the domain name portion into Param_serverInfo.Domain.

  2. Param_serverInfo.Name MUST NOT be null or empty.

  3. Param_serverInfo.Name MUST NOT be of length greater than 63.

  4. Param_serverInfo.Domain MUST NOT be null and it MUST NOT be of length greater than 255.

  5. If Param_serverInfo.Description is specified, it MUST NOT be of size greater than 1024.

  6. If Param_serverInfo.Owner is specified, it’s length MUST NOT exceed 255.

  7. Param_serverInfo.ServerRoleCollection MUST NOT be null and MUST contain at least one ServerRole instance in it.

  8. If Param_serverInfo.ServerRoleCollection contains an array of ServerRole at least one of the ServerRole instance MUST have ServerRoleInclusionStatus set to TRUE.

  9. For each ServerRole instance in Param_serverInfo.ServerRoleCollection, ServerRole.ParentServer MUST be the same as Param_serverInfo.

  10. ServerGuid MUST NOT be null or empty and it MUST NOT exceed length of 38.

  11. Param_serverInfo.OSVersion MUST be at least the minimum operating system version<3> supported by the implementation.

  12. Param_serverInfo.IPAddresses MUST NOT be empty.

  13. The IP addresses in Param_serverInfo MUST meet the following conditions:

    • The IPv4 address MUST NOT fall within the following subnets. This is ascertained by checking the individual address octets of the IPv4 IP address:

      • 0/8 – First octet of the address MUST not be 0.

      • 127/8 – First octet of the address MUST not be 127.

      • 169.254/16 – First and second octet of the address MUST not be 169 and 254 respectively.

      • 255.255.255.255 – All octets of the address MUST not be 255.

    • The IPv6 address MUST NOT be one of the following:

      • ::0

      • ::1

      • IPv6 Link local address

      • IPv6 Site local address

      • IPv6 Multicast address