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Chapter 8. Profiles
Profiles allow you to enable/disable various aspects of the FB6000's configuration (and thus functionality)
based on things such as time-of-day or presence/absence of Ping responses from a specified device.
8.1. Overview
A profile is a two-state control entity - it is either Active or Inactive. Once a profile is defined, it can be
referenced in various configuration objects where the profile state will control the behaviour of that object.
A profile's state is determined by one or more defined tests, which are performed periodically. If multiple tests
are specified, then the overall test result will be pass only if all the individual test results are pass. Assuming
the profile's state is Active, then when the overall test result has been 'fail' for a specified duration, the profile
transitions to Inactive. Similary, once the overall test result has been 'pass' for a specified duration, the profile
transitions to Active. These two durations are controlled by attributes and provide a means to 'filter' out short
duration 'blips' that are of little interest.
An example of a test that can be performed is a Ping test - ICMP echo request packets are sent, and replies are
expected. If replies are not being received, the test fails.
Profiles can be logically combined using familiar boolean terminology i.e. AND, OR and NOT, allowing for
some complex profile logic to be defined that determines a final profile state from several conditions.
By combining profiles with the FB6000's event logging facilities, they can also be used for automated
monitoring and reporting purposes, where profile state changes can be e-mailed direct from the FB6000. For
example, a profile using a Ping test can be used to alert you via e-mail when a destination is unreachable.
The current state of all the profiles configured on your FB6000 can be seen by choosing the "Profiles" item
in the "Status" menu.
Tip
You can also define dummy profiles that are permanantly Active or Inactive, which can be useful
if you wish to temporarily disable some functionality without deleting configuration object(s). For
example, you can force an FB105 tunnel to be Down, preventing traffic from being routed through
it. Refer to Section 8.2.4 for details.
8.2. Creating/editing profiles
In the web user interface, profiles are created and edited by clicking on the "Profiles" category icon. A profile
is defined by a
profile
top-level object.
8.2.1. Timing control
The following timing control parameters apply :-
•
interval
: the interval between tests being performed
•
timeout
: the duration that the overall test must have been failing for before the profile state changes to
Inactive
•
recover
: the duration that the overall test must have been passing for before the profile state changes
to Active
The
timeout
and
recover
parameters do not apply to manually set profiles (see Section 8.2.4) and those
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