Switch Port Profiles
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Overview
Port profiles aim to solve the problem of highly-repetitive and error-prone port configuration. Whether you have the same or a variety of port settings and attributes at each of your sites, Port profiles allow you to create a set of attributes once (the profile), that you can then bind to one or thousands of ports, making initial and ongoing configuration a breeze.
Requirements, guidelines and limitations
- Hardware requirements: Port profiles are supported on the MS120, MS125, MS130, MS130R, MS210, MS225, MS250, MS350, MS355, MS410, MS425 and MS450 series switches.
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Software requirements: While there are no minimum firmware requirements for Port profiles, MS 15.21.1 or later is recommended
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Port profiles are currently not supported in Configuration Templates or networks bound to them. Support for Configuration Templates and networks bound to configuration templates will be added in the near future.
Configuration
Creating a Port profile
- Navigate to Switching > Port profiles
- Click Add profile to create a new Port profile
- Enter the required details and configuration, and click Save
Applying a Port profile to switch ports
- Navigate to Switching > Switch ports
- Select all the ports you want to apply the profile to, and click on the Edit to bring up the port configuration UI.
- Toggle Port profile to Enabled to expose the Port profile name drop-down list.
- Select the profile you want to apply and click on the Update button
To apply a profile on a single switch port, you could also use the following approach:
- Navigate to Switching > Switches
- Click on the switch, and then on the switch port you want to apply the profile to.
- Click on the pencil icon next to Configuration to bring up the port configuration UI.
- Toggle Port profile to Enabled to expose the Port profile name drop-down list.
- Select the profile you want to apply and click on the Update button
Editing a Port profile
- Navigate to Switching > Port profiles
- Click on the pencil icon for the Port profile you want to edit.
- Modify the configuration, and click Save
When you modify a profile, the configuration change is instantly propagated to all the ports bound to that profile.
Monitoring and verification
The port details UI of a port configured to use a Port Profile displays a banner highlighting that the feature is overriding its original configuration. The port settings on this screen are updated to reflect the configuration implemented by the Port profile.
Clicking on See configuration comparisons brings up the configuration comparison table, which shows the settings that have been modified by the profile.
The configurations from Port profiles will not be reflected in certain parts of the Dashboard UI such as Switch > Switch ports and "Ports" tab for a given switch and it is expected behavior.
To monitor the usage of Port profiles, navigate back to the Switching > Port profiles page. Each profile shows the number of ports it is currently active on. Clicking on a profile's port link redirects you to the Switchports pages, filtered for the ports using the profile.
