- Port Profiles
- Port Profile Clients
- Creating a Port Profile
- Modifying the VLANs in a Port Profile
- Changing the Native VLAN for a Port Profile
- Adding a VLAN to a Port Profile
- Removing a VLAN from a Port Profile
- Deleting a Port Profile
- Creating a Profile Client
- Modifying a Profile Client
- Deleting a Profile Client
Configuring Port Profiles
This chapter includes the following sections:
- Port Profiles
- Port Profile Clients
- Creating a Port Profile
- Modifying the VLANs in a Port Profile
- Changing the Native VLAN for a Port Profile
- Adding a VLAN to a Port Profile
- Removing a VLAN from a Port Profile
- Deleting a Port Profile
- Creating a Profile Client
- Modifying a Profile Client
- Deleting a Profile Client
Port Profiles
Port profiles contain the properties and settings used to configure virtual interfaces in Cisco UCS for VN-Link in hardware. The port profiles are created and administered in Cisco UCS Manager. There is no clear visibility into the properties of a port profile from VMware vCenter.
In VMware vCenter, a port profile is represented as a port group. Cisco UCS Manager pushes the port profile names to vCenter, which displays the names as port groups. None of the specific networking properties or settings in the port profile are visible in VMware vCenter.
After a port profile is created, assigned to, and actively used by one or more DVSes, any changes made to the networking properties of the port profile in Cisco UCS Manager are immediately applied to those DVSes.
You must configure at least one port profile client for a port profile, if you want Cisco UCS Manager to push the port profile to VMware vCenter.
Port Profile Clients
The port profile client determines the DVSes to which a port profile is applied. By default, the port profile client specifies that the associated port profile applies to all DVSes in the vCenter. However, you can configure the client to apply the port profile to all DVSes in a specific datacenter or datacenter folder, or only to one DVS.
Creating a Port Profile
Modifying the VLANs in a Port Profile
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. | ||||||||||
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . | ||||||||||
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile for which you want to modify the VLANs and choose Modify VLANs. | ||||||||||
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In the Modify VLANs dialog box, change one or more of the following:
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Step 5 | Click OK. |
Changing the Native VLAN for a Port Profile
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. |
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile for which you want to change the native VLAN and choose Modify VLANs. |
Step 4 | In the Modify VLANs dialog box, do the following: |
Adding a VLAN to a Port Profile
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. |
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile to which you want to add a VLAN and choose Modify VLANs. |
Step 4 | In the Modify VLANs dialog box, do the following: |
Removing a VLAN from a Port Profile
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. |
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile from which you want to remove a VLAN and choose Modify VLANs. |
Step 4 | In the Modify VLANs dialog box, do the following: |
Deleting a Port Profile
You cannot delete a port profile if a VM is actively using that port profile.
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. |
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile you want to delete and choose Delete. |
Step 4 | If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |
Step 5 |
Click OK. Cisco UCS Manager deletes the port profile and all associated port profile clients. |
Creating a Profile Client
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Right-click the port profile for which you want to create a profile client and choose Create Profile Client. | ||||||||||||
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In the Create Profile Client dialog box, complete the following fields:
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Step 5 | Click OK. |
Modifying a Profile Client
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . | ||||||||||||
Step 3 | Click the port profile for which you want to modify the profile client. | ||||||||||||
Step 4 | In the Work pane, click the Profile Clients tab. | ||||||||||||
Step 5 | Right-click the profile client you want to modify and choose Show Navigator. | ||||||||||||
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In the Navigator for the profile client, change the values for one or more of the following fields:
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Step 7 | Click OK. |
Deleting a Profile Client
You cannot delete a port profile client if a VM is actively using the port profile with which the client is associated.
Step 1 | In the Navigation pane, click the VM tab. |
Step 2 | On the VM tab, expand . |
Step 3 | Click the port profile from which you want to delete a profile client. |
Step 4 | In the Work pane, click the Profile Clients tab. |
Step 5 | Right-click the profile client you want to delete and choose Delete. |
Step 6 | If Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes. |
Step 7 | Click Save Changes. |