Chapter 4 Deploying The Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager - Cisco WS-C3550-12G User Manual

Deploying the Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager
This chapter describes how to deploy objects within the Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager, and consists of
the following primary sections:
• Deploying and Commissioning Process Overview
Deploying Existing Network Objects Using IP Auto Discovery
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• Manually Deploying Network Objects
Predeploying Anticipated Network Objects
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• Enabling Communication Between Network Elements and Devices
Manually Commissioning Network Elements
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Deploying and commissioning a Catalyst switch using Cisco EMF is a two-step process:
Deploy objects that need to be managed. Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager objects can be deployed
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manually or discovered automatically.
2. Commission the objects, allowing Cisco EMF to manage them.
The deployment process should be done after you install the Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager software
for the first time, or after you install new hardware. Deployment informs the Cisco Catalyst Switch
Manager of the presence of supported hardware.
The Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager objects can be automatically discovered or manually deployed.
Objects can also be predeployed in Cisco EMF before the actual installation of a Catalyst switch in the
field.
Predeployment is the process of reserving a space in Cisco EMF for network equipment, which has not
yet been physically slotted into the system rack. When an object or device is predeployed, the physical
device or object is not present, but Cisco EMF has been preconfigured to hold an object of similar type.
As a result, Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager module objects can be deployed and the Cisco Catalyst
Switch Manager will not monitor their status. When a module is then placed in the physical equipment,
the new module will be automatically detected and management of the module will be automatically
started.
A fully deployed Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager object in Cisco EMF has the following object
hierarchy:
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