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# Understanding PowerMax software system profiles and compliance

A PowerMax software system profile is a subset of system settings that are associated with at least one storage system (array). The settings are defined once as part of a system profile, and these settings can be applied to one or more storage systems.

This feature supports the creation of a software profile that can be applied to one or more storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079) that are local to the managing Unisphere for PowerMax. The profile covers a number of alert and performance settings. The compliance part of the feature relates to monitoring of changes (that occur within a certain user-specified time window) to any local storage system (running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)) that is part of a profile.

The Unisphere UI supports the following operations (on storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079)):

- View the system profiles dashboard.
- Create, modify, and delete system profiles.
- Apply a system profile.
- Add a storage system to a profile.
- View compliance statu.s
- Create, modify, and delete change control window.
- View audit log records for changes outside the change control window.
- Import, export, and clone a change control window.