User guide

Overview Profile Management
AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Configuring Network Services)
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FIGURE 6-6 Network-based VLANs
Note: When creating or modifying VLANs on your network, make sure that the new configuration is captured in a
configuration backup file. Refer to 5.3.2 for more information.
6.1.4 Profile Management
Since most of the parameters in the configuration of certain ports or devices will be the same throughout the network, profile
management is a way to set up these parameters (through profiles) and then apply them throughout the network in only a few
steps and with less chance of error. Profile Management also allows the network administrator to easily re-deploy changes in a
stored configuration to the devices/ports in the network. Finally, the AlliedView NMS allows the user to determine whether the
configuration on a device or port still matches the configuration that was defined for it using Profile Management (and is there-
fore in-sync).
6.1.5 Quality of Service
The main strategy in providing QoS is to first classify and segregate traffic into separate flows. These flows can then be man-
aged separately through the network with each flow getting a specified level of service.
The Rapier, Switchblade, and iMAP devices provide this function, with some variation between the device types. Refer to the
User Guides for each device type for detailed information on how they provide QoS.