Manual Chapter : Naming conventions for virtual wire-related objects

Applies To:

  • BIG-IP LTM

    17.5.1, 17.5.0, 17.1.3, 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.6, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.10, 15.1.9, 15.1.8, 15.1.7, 15.1.6, 15.1.5, 15.1.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.5, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0, 14.0.1, 14.0.0

Updated Date: 07/07/2026

Naming conventions for virtual wire-related objects

For virtual wire-related configuration objects, the BIG-IP system manages object naming in specific ways. See the following table for details.

Object type System-named? Naming convention
Virtual wire No User-defined
Trunk No User-defined
VLAN Yes virtual-wire-name_vlan_4096_member_number_xx
VLAN group Yes Same name as the virtual wire object