Controllers, service platforms and access points have mechanisms to allow or deny management access to the network for different interfaces and protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH or SNMP). These management access configurations can be applied strategically to profiles as resource permissions dictate.
Additionally, an administrator can define a profile with unique configuration file and device firmware upgrade support. In a clustered environment, these operations can be performed on one member, then propagated to each cluster member and onwards to the devices managed by each cluster member.