Learn how to edit host profile policies and components, and configure security and networking host profiles. What to read next How Do You Manage Host Profile Policies and Policy ComponentsIn the vSphere Client, you can view and edit host profiles policies, policy options, and parameters. You can change policy names or policy descriptions. If you do not want a host profile component to be considered during a compliance check, you can deactivate that specific component. How Do You Configure a Security vSphere Host ProfileLearn how to manage role profiles, user account profiles, lockdown mode profiles, and active directory permission profiles that are grouped as part of the security host profile. Starting with vSphere 8.0, users with access to the ESXi Shell and the Administrator role can remove or grant ESXi Shell access to user accounts. How Do You Configure a Networking vSphere Host ProfileBy default, hosts provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy are assigned DHCP addresses by a DHCP server. You can use the vSphere Auto Deploy host customization mechanism to assign static IP addresses to hosts.