You are deploying multiple Mist APs across many sites in your network. You must ensure that you can group similar devices together to easily apply consistent WxLAN policies across multiple sites.
Which configuration object should be used to accomplish this behavior?
A device profile is the appropriate configuration object to use when grouping similar devices together to apply consistent policies across multiple sites. Device profiles allow for the efficient application of network configurations, including IP addresses, Ethernet settings, radio settings, and more, to access points within an organization. By using device profiles, you can ensure that the same configuration is applied to all devices in a particular group, simplifying management and ensuring consistency.
Summarized response (from mist/juniper docs): A device profile is a configuration template that specifies a set of settings for access points (aps) within an organization. it includes categories such as ip address, ethernet, mesh, and radio settings. aps assigned to a device profile inherit the configurations specified in the profile. device profiles allow for efficient application of configurations based on ap groups, wlan groups, rf settings, and sites. they can be created and edited in the organization's device profiles section, and can be applied to aps either manually or automatically through auto-provisioning.