Ethernet Port Profiles

An Ethernet port profile is used to define and manage the configuration settings for Ethernet ports on networking devices. These profiles allow for consistent configuration across multiple ports, ensuring uniform settings for network performance, security, and VLAN assignments.

Feature Overview

The Ethernet Port Profile is designed to configure the settings for the AP wired ports, covering key parameters such as the port type (example, access or trunk), 802.1X authentication options, and Dynamic VLAN (DVLAN) settings.

This profile can be applied not only to the wired ports of specific access points but also to venue-level network control, providing flexibility to reuse the same profile across different AP's ports. This enables consistent configuration management and simplifies the process of applying uniform settings to multiple network ports within the infrastructure.

Requirements

This feature has no special hardware or software requirements for feature enablement or usage.

Considerations

This feature has no special considerations or limitations pertaining to feature enablement or usage.

Best Practices

This feature has no special recommendations for feature enablement or usage.

Prerequisites

This feature has no prerequisites to feature enablement or usage.

Limitations

  • A maximum of 256 Ethernet port profiles can be created per tenant.
  • After a profile is created, the Port Type and 802.1X Authentication settings cannot be modified.
  • DVLAN only supports a MAC-based authenticator.
  • The Proxy Service is only applicable to AP firmware version 7.0.0.400 or later.