ipsec profile

Creates an IP security (IPsec) profile and enters IPsec profile configuration mode.
Syntax
ipsec profile name

no ipsec profile name

Command Default

No IPsec profile is configured.

Parameters
name
Specifies the name of an IPsec profile.
Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

An IPsec profile defines parameters for encrypting communications between IPsec peer devices.

After configuration, an IPsec profile is activated by attaching it to an IPsec virtual tunnel interface (VTI) by using the tunnel protection ipsec profile command in tunnel interface configuration mode.

The no form of the command removes the specified IPsec profile configuration.

Examples

The following example shows how to create an IPsec profile named ipsec_profile and enters IPsec profile configuration mode for the profile. 

device(config)# ipsec profile ipsec_profile
device(config-ipsec-profile-ipsec_profile)#
History
Release version Command history
08.0.50 This command was introduced.
Parent topic: Commands I