# Creating an IGMP profile

Create an IGMP profile to configure the IGMP selective channel block feature.

## Prerequisites

- Open one of the supported browsers.

- Enter the IP address of the switch to open an EDM session.

## Procedure steps

1. From the navigation tree, double-click IP Routing.

2. In the IP Routing tree, double-click IGMP.

3. In the work area, click the Profile tab.

4. In the toolbar, click Insert.

   The Insert Profile dialog box appears.

5. Type the profile ID in the Profile ID field.

6. Click Insert.

   The table is updated with the created profile.

7. Double-click the ProfilePortList field to assign ports to the profile.

## Variable definitions

The following table describes the fields of the IGMP Profile Range tab.

Field | Definition
--- | ---
ProfileId | Indicates the Profile ID. The range is from 1 to 65535.
ProfileType | Indicates the type of the profile.
ProfilePortList | Specifies the list of ports to which this profile applies.
ProfileDroppedPackets | Indicates the number of packets that were matched by this profile and dropped.