Profiles enable administrators to assign a common set of parameters and policies to controllers, service platforms and access points. Profiles can be used to assign shared or unique network, wireless and security parameters within a large, multi-segment, site. The configuration parameters within a profile are based on the hardware model the profile was created to support. Controllers and service platforms support both default and user defined profiles implementing new features or updating existing parameters to groups of controllers or access points. The central benefit of a profile is its ability to update devices collectively without having to modify individual device configurations. Power and Adoption overrides apply specifically to access points, while Cluster configuration overrides apply to only controller configurations.
However, device profile configurations may need periodic refinement from their original administered design. Consequently, a device profile could require modification from a profile configuration shared amongst numerous devices deployed within a particular site.
Use Profile Overrides to define configurations overriding the parameters set by the target device's original profile assignment.