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Configuring Network Services Profile Management
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6.10.2 Creating a Profile
The profile feature allows the user to create, device, card, port, and iMG/RG profiles, as well as removing an association with
a profile. There are two ways to access this menu:
• At the Physical Network Node, right click away from the device icons and select, for example, Profile -> <Device Profiles>
(or one of the other profile types).
• At the Network Service Data Node, click on the Profiles leaf. The Network Services menu appears on the main menu,
and the user then selects for example Profile -> <Device Profiles>. Refer to the following figure.
FIGURE 6-47 Using the Network Services Menu to Create a Profile
The basic steps when creating a profile are similar:
1. The user specifies the type of profile using the drop-down menu item as shown in Figure 6-47.
2. The user then is presented with an entry field for the name of the Profile and a list of parameters that can be set for the
selected type of profile.
3. The user can optionally copy the parameter values from a different profile of the same type to this window. This will
allow the user to easily create a new profile that is similar to an existing profile.
4. The user enters the Profile name and the values for those parameters and presses the “Create” button.
5. The new Profile is stored in the NMS database.
Note: To include a QoS Policy, the user must have already defined one.
The following figures show the forms used for creating the profiles for the devices and ports.
Note: Refer to the documents for each device type for detailed information on the parameters and their values.
Following are the highlights for the Profile GUIs for NMS Release 12.0:
6.10.2.1 Profile Categories
Profiles have been grouped to improve the user interface. The groupings are shown in 6.10.1.
6.10.2.2 Product Types Tab for Etherlike port
Since it is designed to apply to devices that support Etherlike Ports, the Etherlike Port profile has the Product Type tab,
under which are the device types. Refer to the following figure.