Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Ampp events and behavior

14 Port profiles

•Associated — This state specifies that one or more MAC addresses have been associated with this port profile within the fabric.

•Applied — This state indicates that the port profile is applied on the profiled port where the associated MAC address appears. Configuration of two different port profiles can coexist on a profiled port, but the application of the later port profile fails if there is a conflict.

The port profile states are configured using the Network OS command line interface. For complete configuration details, refer to the Network OS Command Reference.

AMPP events and behavior

Table 44 describes the AMPP events and the applicable failure behaviors.

For complete information about configuring AMPP, refer to the Network OS Administrator’s Guide and the Network OS Command Reference.

TABLE 44	AMPP behavior and failure descriptions
AMPP event		Applicable behavior and failures
Create port profile		If the port profile does not exist, then it is created. If it exists, then it is available for
		modification (if it is not yet activated).
Activate port profile		If the port profile configuration is not complete, activation fails. Unless the port profile
		is activated, it is not applied on any switch port.
		If all the dependency validations succeed, the port profile is in the active state and is
		ready for association.
De-activate port profile		This event removes the applied port profile configuration from all the profiled ports.
		De-activation is allowed even if there are MAC addresses associated with the port
		profile.
Modify port profile		A port profile can be edited only in the pre-activation stage.
		The port profile is set to the inactive state if any conflicting attributes are configured
		or some dependent configuration is not completed, and any attempt to associate the
		port profile to a MAC address may not be allowed.
Associate MAC		If mapping already exists with another port profile, AMPP does not allow a MAC
addresses to a port		address to be mapped to multiple port profiles.
profile		If mapping does not exist, the port is configured to allow the MAC address with all the
		policies specified in the port profile applied to that MAC address on that port or
		switch.

De-associate MAC addresses from a port profile

If mapping exists, all the policies configured for a specific MAC address are removed from that port or switch.

Deleting a port profile	An in-use error is generated if the port profile is in an activated state. AMPP forces you
	to de-activate the profile before deleting.
	If the port profile is in an inactive state, then deletion of the port profile removes all
	the MAC address associations as well.
Modifying port profile	An in-use error is generated if the port profile is already activated.
content when in an
associated state

Moving the VM MAC address and notifying the fabric

All policies associated with the port profile ID are mapped on the MAC address and applied to the new port in the fabric.

Unused port profile	You must manually remove the MAC address mapping to remove any MAC address
	association.

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