Depending on your I-Fabric implementation, you might be responsible for creating and managing hundreds of images. Hence, a complete description of each image is useful for you to distinguish one image from another. Software Profiles enables you to create and view a list of all operating systems and applications in use in your I-Fabrics so that you can apply these labels to the description of the image. There are four types of profiles:
Global operating systems—available to all accounts in an I-Fabric.
Global applications—available to all accounts in an I-Fabric.
Account operating systems—available to a specific account in an I-Fabric.
Account applications—available to a specific account in an I-Fabric.