Cisco 700 Series User Manual

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C H A P T E RUsing Profiles with Cisco 700 Series Routers 2-12Using Profiles with Cisco 700Series RoutersA profile is a set of configuration parameters associated with ports on the router or WANdevices.This chapter contains the following sections:• Profile Overview• System and Profile Parameters• Creating and Modifying Profiles• Incoming Calls• Outgoing CallsProfile OverviewThere are two modes in which you can set parameters, the system mode and the profilemode. System mode parameters affect the configuration on a global level. Profiles are setsof local parameters. Profile mode parameters affect how the router handles the connectionto 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 differentprofiles to communicate with a variety of devices.For example, you can create a user-defined profile called 2500 that contains the parametersto be used when communicating with a Cisco 2500 series router over the WAN. You cancustomize your Cisco 700 series router to maintain up to 17 user-defined profiles. Profilesare saved in the Cisco 700 series router nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM).