White Paper Abstract:
The ISAKMP profile is an enhancement to Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) configurations. It enables modularity of ISAKMP configuration for phase 1 negotiations. This modularity allows mapping different ISAKMP parameters to different IP Security (IPSec) tunnels, and mapping different IPSec tunnels to different VPN forwarding and routing (VRF) instances. ISAKMP profile enhancement was released as part of the VRF-aware IPSec feature in Cisco IOS® Software Release 12.2(15)T. Today, many applications and enhancements use the ISAKMP profile, including quality of service (QoS), router certificate management, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN configurations. This document provides an overview of the ISAKMP profile, and a description of the current applications that use the profile.