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Using Profiles with Cisco 700 Series Routers 2-1

Using Profiles with Cisco 700

Series Routers

A proﬁle is a set of conﬁguration parameters associated with ports on the router or WAN

devices.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Proﬁle Overview

• System and Proﬁle Parameters

• Creating and Modifying Proﬁles

• Incoming Calls

• Outgoing Calls

Proﬁle Overview

There are two modes in which you can set parameters, the system mode and the proﬁle

mode. System mode parameters affect the conﬁguration on a global level. Proﬁles are sets

of local parameters. Proﬁle mode parameters affect how the router handles the connection

to a device.

You do not have to reconﬁgure the router every time you connect to a different device.

Instead of using one set of conﬁguration parameters for all devices, you can use different

proﬁles to communicate with a variety of devices.

For example, you can create a user-deﬁned proﬁle called 2500 that contains the parameters

to be used when communicating with a Cisco 2500 series router over the WAN. You can

customize your Cisco 700 series router to maintain up to 17 user-deﬁned proﬁles. Proﬁles

are saved in the Cisco 700 series router nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM).

Summary of content (8 pages)

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C H A PT E R 2 Using Profiles with Cisco 700 Series Routers A profile is a set of configuration parameters associated with ports on the router or WAN devices. This chapter contains the following sections: • • • • • Profile Overview System and Profile Parameters Creating and Modifying Profiles Incoming Calls Outgoing Calls Profile Overview There are two modes in which you can set parameters, the system mode and the profile mode. System mode parameters affect the configuration on a global level.
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System and Profile Parameters In addition to user-defined profiles, there are three permanent profiles, Internal, LAN, and Standard. The Internal profile stores parameters used to communicate between the LAN and WAN ports on the Cisco 700 series router. The LAN profile stores parameters that configure the LAN port on the router. The Standard profile is the default profile.
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System Mode Parameter Set All profiles are based on the profile template and inherit the system-level values. When you create a new profile, its default values are taken from the profile template. System Mode Parameter Set System mode parameters affect the router as a system. Table 2-1 lists the system parameters.
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System and Profile Parameters Table 2-2 lists the parameters that can be configured in a profile.
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Creating and Modifying Profiles Creating and Modifying Profiles A new profile is created with the set user command. When you create a new profile, you automatically enter profile mode for that profile. The following example creates a user profile called tomd.
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Incoming Calls In the following example, the profile parameter number is removed from the profile by using the unset command: Host:Profile> unset number Deleting Profiles The reset user command deletes a user-defined profile from the router. The three permanent profiles (LAN, Internal, and Standard) cannot be deleted. This command also closes any connection associated with the profile.
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Outgoing Calls If the profile is configured to remain active after a link disconnects, a virtual connection remains. The virtual connection monitors the LAN traffic. If packets destined for the WAN are detected, the router opens up the physical connection and forwards the packets. If the profile is configured to become inactive after a link disconnects, both the physical link and the virtual connection to the remote router are disconnected until another call is received from the same remote router.
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Outgoing Calls 2-8 Cisco700 Series Router Configuration Guide