MECHANISM TO DYNAMICALLY APPLY CONFIGURATION SETTINGS TO INTERFACES USING A PORT-PROFILE

A system and method for dynamically applying configuration settings to an interface associated with a port-profile. A script may be defined within the port-profile to configure the interface. In some implementations, a configuration may be dynamically applied to configure to an interface having a same port-profile to as multiple interfaces. A port group may be assigned to the interface, where the port group is defined by the port-profile, the port-profile defining a common set of configuration policies for the multiple interfaces. The port-profile is applied to each interface of the multiple interfaces as each interface comes online. A script inside the port-profile is specified to define aspects of the interface and executed to further configure the interface in accordance with an association of the interface with, e.g., a virtual machine.