Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 817)

Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual 745
53-1003155-01
Port profiles
18
FIGURE 291 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.
Life of a port profile
A port profile during creation goes through multiple states. Port profiles go through the following
states:
• Created — This state specifies that a port profile is created but may not be complete when the
port profile is created or modified.
• Activated — This state specifies that a port profile is activated and is available for MAC
address-to-port profile association. If the created port profile is not complete, the activation
fails. You must resolve any conflicts or dependencies and reactivate the port profile.
Port profile
VLAN profile QoS profile Security profile