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Port profiles
A port profile is a collection of network policies supported by the switch. By configuring port profiles
on the Network OS VDX switch (refer to
Table 79 for a list of supported VDX switches), the virtual
machine (VM) that is configured on the virtual network interface card (vNIC) can migrate to any
other port on that switch, but still retain the same network policies.
The default port profile, shown in Figure 219 , contains the entire configuration needed for a VM to
obtain access to the LAN and SAN.
NOTE
FCoE sub-profiles can be applied on default port profiles only and are supported on Network OS
version 2.1 and later. You can view the FCoE profile association on Network Advisor version 11.3.0
and later.
FIGURE 219 Port profile contents
NOTE
A port profile does not contain some of the interface-level configurations, such as LLDP, SPAN, LAG,
and so on.
AMPP characteristics
Note the following points regarding the Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) feature:
• Port groups and port profiles are collections of network policies. The vNICs inherit these
network policies.
• Port profiles are associated with physical switches.
• VMs can have one or more vNICs, and port profiles are applied on the switch ports where
vNICs are learned.
• Port profiles are reapplied to a new switch port if the same vNIC is learned on a new port.
• When a port is configured in port profile mode, the downlink profile is activated on the ports. A
properly configured downlink profile enables all vNIC traffic to pass through, allowing the
switch to perform MAC learning. There is one downlink profile per switch and the downlink
profile cannot be deleted.
Port profile
VLAN profile QoS profile Security profile