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Deploying a Profile Profile Management
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Configuring Network Services)
6.10.5 Deploying a Profile
To deploy a profile means to apply the configuration values assigned in a Profile to a set of objects (devices or ports) in the
network.
Note: The set of objects on which to apply the Profile must be of the same type as the Profile.
When Device Profiles are applied to devices, the device selection mechanism will provide for:
• Applying the Device Profile to a selected list of devices
• Applying the Device Profile to all devices that are currently using a particular Device Profile
• Applying the Device Profile to all devices in a particular network/sub-network.
When Port Profiles are applied to ports, the ports selected can be across multiple different device types. The user can there-
fore:
• Apply the Port Profile to all ports (of the correct type) on a selected list of devices
• Apply the Port Profile to ports (of the correct type) on a selected list of devices that are currently using a particular Port
Profile.
• Apply the Port Profile to all ports (of the correct type) on all devices that are currently using a particular Port Profile.
• Apply the Port Profile to a selected set of ports (of the correct type) on selected devices where the set of ports can be dif-
ferent for each of the selected devices.
• Apply the Port Profile to all ports (of the correct type) on the selected list of devices that are not currently configured to
use a profile (or are using the default profile).
• Apply the Port Profile to the Auto provisioning profile of a device.
To deploy a profile, right click on a profile in the Profiles table (see Figure 6-57) and select Deploy Profile. The Deploy
Port Profile Form appears. Refer to Figure 6-58.
Note: The user can also select Profile -> Deploy Profile from the main menu. Note that the Profile menu item
includes *, which indicates out of sync.
To fill out this form, follow these steps:
1. Enter the device or port selection method (one of the selection methods described in bullet lists at the top of this section).
2. Depending on the selection method chosen, select the devices and/or ports on which to apply the profile.
Note: If the Profile Scoping field was used in filling out the Profile, only those devices that match the Profile
Scoping are available.
3. Press the Deploy button.
4. A AlliedView NMS Task Details window is displayed indicating the progress of the Profile Deployment task as the
devices in the network are updated.
5. The “Node” or “Configured Ports” tables will be updated to indicate that the selected devices or ports are now using the
selected Profile. (This is part of Profile Monitoring, described in 6.10.9.)