To activate a profile, select the
tab, select a profile version, and then click
Activate. The selected profile activates as the current profile and replaces all filter changes
with changes from the snapshot.
Named IP address groups
When you activate a profile that contains a named IP address group (for a filter exception,
a quarantine exception, an Advanced DDoS filter, an SSL inspection policy, or a Traffic
Management filter), the SMS verifies whether the named IP address group already exists.
This ensures that the enforcement of policies, including exceptions, are restored
when you activate a previous profile snapshot.
- The SMS assigns one IP address group for each imported IP address group.
- If the named IP address group exists and the values are an exact match (IP address group contains the same IP addresses), then the SMS keeps that existing named IP address group for the profile.
- If the named IP address group exists but the values are not an exact match, then the
SMS adds each named IP address group, and each named IP address group is identified
with an underscore and a number (for example
NamedIPAddress_1,NamedIPAddress_2,NamedIPAddress_3, and so on). - If the named IP address group does not exist on the SMS, the SMS adds it as an unnamed resource. See Named resources.