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Port Profiles

A Cisco UCS port profile includes properties and settings for configuring virtual interfaces for Cisco UCS VN-Link in hardware. The VMware vCenter environment uses the term port groups.

The Cisco UCS Manager requires a configured port profile client to push a port profile to a VMware vCenter with which it is connected. A port profile client associates port profiles with one or more distributed virtual switches. When a distributed virtual switch is enabled, its associated port profiles are pushed to vCenter automatically.

CA Server Automation lets you create the necessary pieces for Cisco UCS to finish the integration with VMware vCenter. To import a port profile, use the vCenter Layout dialog to define the following VMware vCenter network topology:

• Datacenter
• Network folder
• Distributed virtual switch (DVS)
• Profile client

Use the vCenter Creation wizard to create, update, and delete items in the port profile network topology.

To manage port profiles, right-click a Cisco UCS Manager in the Explore tree and select VMware to launch the vCenter Layout dialog.