Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 392)

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• Profile Services Configuration
• Profile Management Configuration
• Advanced Profile Configuration
General Profile Configuration
Each profile requires a provisioning policy and clock synchronization settings as part of its general
configuration. Each profile can have a unique provisioning policy and system time.
Controllers, service platforms and Access Points are automatically assigned a default profile unless
an AP provisioning policy has been defined that specifically assigns Access Points to a user defined
profile. During the general configuration process, a provisioning policy can be assigned to a specific
profile or a new provisioning policy can be created and applied to the profile. Adoption is the
process an AP uses to discover potential adopters in the network, pick the most desirable one,
establish an association and obtain its configuration.
Network Time Protocol (NTP) manages time and/or network clock synchronization within the
network. NTP is a client/server implementation. Controllers, service platforms and Access Points
(NTP clients) periodically synchronize their clock with a master clock (an NTP server). For example,
a controller resets its clock to 07:04:59 upon reading a time of 07:04:59 from its designated NTP
server.
Additionally, if the profile is supporting an Access Point, the profile’s general configuration provides
an option to disable the device’s LEDs.
To define a profile’s general configuration:
1. Select the Configuration tab from the Web UI.
2. Select Profiles from the Configuration tab.
3. Select Manage Profiles from the Configuration > Profiles menu.
4. Select General.
A General configuration screen displays for the new or existing profile.