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Chapter 6: Profiles
OneTouch AT 10G analyzer profiles are named configurations
that can be used in a variety of ways to streamline analyzer
operation. The use of profiles allows an organization to create
standard test procedures that encapsulate expected network
operation from any locale or segment.
The use of profiles to create standard work in an organization
allows for a consistent and thorough testing process as well as
allowing less skilled personnel to perform sophisticated network
testing.
Profiles can be quickly recalled or managed by tapping the profile
name in the title bar. Some possible uses of profiles include:

Location based profiles that allow standard work from a
given site or branch office by testing a combination of servers
residing in the premise, private intranet, and public internet.

Departmental profiles to encapsulate the network services
and applications needed by a specific function in the
corporation such as marketing, manufacturing or R&D.

User type profiles such as testing guest login and expected
network accessibility.

End device emulation profiles such as emulating a VoIP phone
by testing TCP port connectivity to the call manager.
Additional features such as static addressing, VLAN
membership and MAC spoofing can also be used to emulate
network end points.

Infrastructure testing for verifying specific network operation
such as:

IP Surveillance testing using multiple IGMP multicast user
tests.

Performance testing to verify acceptable bandwidth of
the wired network.
Profiles are further customized by allowing the user test tiers to
be named for the application. The tiers allow grouping of similar