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CHAPTER 4
Deploying the C65/76M
This chapter describes how to deploy the Cisco 6500/7600 Series Manager, and
consists of these sections:
• Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a Cisco 7600 Series Internet
Router, page 4-1
• Deployment and Commissioning Process, page 4-6
Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a
Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router
Managing a Catalyst 6000 family switch or a Cisco 7600 series Internet Router
using CEMF is a two-step process:
1. Deploy objects that need to be
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router Deploying Objects The deployment process should be done after you install the C65/76M software for the first time, or after you install new hardware. Deployment informs the C65/ 76M of the presence of supported hardware. The C65/76M objects can be automatically discovered or manually deployed. Objects can also be predeployed in CEMF before the actual installation of a Catalyst 6000 famil
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router OSM Channelized SONET Modules Ethernet Interfaces OSM Channelized SONET Interfaces OSM Serial Sub-interfaces OSM PoS Sub-interfaces Content Switching Modules Software EtherChannels Syslog EIGRP BGP OSPF VTP VLAN STP IS-IS ACL NDE Loopback QoS QoS Policy Map The top-level Network Element object represents the entire switch including the physical and logical components of the switch. The C
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router Commissioning Objects Commissioning is the action required to notify CEMF to start actively monitoring the object. Only the following C65/76M objects can be commissioned and decommissioned by the user: • Network Element • Supervisor Module • Ethernet Module • Switch Fabric Module • FlexWAN Module • Content Switching Module • Port Adapter • OSM Module When applied to these objects, the co
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Managing a Catalyst 6000 Family Switch or a Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router Under the Network container, the Network Element objects are labelled by their IP addresses and added to the group representing the subnet that they belong to (192.168.12.0). Under the Physical container, the Network Element and Chassis objects are available. Note The Software objects are available only under the Catalyst6000Manager, Catalyst6500Manager, and Cisco7600Manager containment
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Deployment and Commissioning Process There are three methods that can be used to enable CEMF to monitor a Catalyst 6000 family switch or a Cisco 7600 series Internet Router: • IP Auto Discovery This method should be used to deploy a large number of devices that are currently connected to the network. This method automatically deploys the Network Element and Software objects for each Catalyst 6000 family switch or Cisco 7600 ser
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process IP Auto Discovery The CEMF Auto Discovery application is used to search an existing network. The network is examined for IP and SNMP devices. An object is created for each new device discovered. The IP discovery window can be launched from either the Discovery icon from the CEMF Launchpad (Figure 3-2) or from the Deployment/ Auto Discovery... pop-up menu item on a selected object as shown in Figure 4-2. Figure 4-2 Launching the
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Figure 4-3 IP Discovery Window The contents of this window depend on how the window was launched. For example, if this window was launched from an object in the physical containment view, then the Physical Location parameter would be automatically set to the location from which the window was launched, as shown in Figure 4-3. For more information on the CEMF Auto Discovery process, refer to the “Auto Discovery” chapter of the C
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Note When specifying the SNMP community string, use the read-write community string for the switch. If the read community string is used or appears first in the list of community strings, then that will be the SNMP community string used for both the read and read-write operations by the C65/76M. As a result, set operations will fail. After the discovery process is complete, newly discovered objects will be automatically added t
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Figure 4-4 Map Viewer with a Newly Discovered Catalyst 6500 Switch After the Network Element and Software objects have been created by the Auto Discovery process, their contents need to be determined. This determination is made by commissioning the Network Element object. When the Network Element object is commissioned, it executes a subchassis discovery process that communicates with the switch to automatically determine the c
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Figure 4-5 Network Element Dialog Box When the dialog box is displayed, select the Configuration tab. In the CLI Passwords section, specify the Telnet Password and Enable Password parameters. The Telnet Password is the password used to connect to the switch using the Telnet protocol. The Enable Password is the password used to enter the enable mode on the switch or router. All values entered in these text fields will be display
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Figure 4-6 SNMP Tab in the Network Element Dialog Box Click the Commission button from the Configuration tab (Figure 4-5) to start the subchassis discovery process, which allows the C65/76M to determine which modules are installed on the switch or the router and also allows CEMF to start monitoring the switch or the router. Note Commissioning may take a few minutes. After the Network Element object is commissioned, the Physical
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Figure 4-7 Fully IP-Discovered and Commissioned Catalyst 6513 Switch Manual Deployment The manual deployment method is used when discovery of the entire network is not needed and the specific IP address and type of device that is connected to the network is known. To manually deploy a Catalyst 6000 family switch or a Cisco 7600 series Internet Router, choose the pop-up menu item, Deployment >Deploy Manager, from the appropriate
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Choose Deployment > Deploy Catalyst 6500 Manager from the pop-up menu. This pop-up menu item, shown in Figure 4-8, is available from the Site level in the Physical container and at the top level of the Catalyst6500Manager container. Figure 4-8 Pop-up Menu for Manually Deploying a C65/76M Switch Object Cisco 6500/7600 Manager User Guide OL-2209-01 4-14
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process When you select this item, the Deployment Wizard window shown in Figure 4-9 is displayed. Figure 4-9 Deployment Wizard—Templates Property Description Catalyst 6500 Switch This option deploys the Network Element and Network Element Only Software objects. Used when you want to perform (Auto-discovered a subchassis discovery to automatically populate chassis) the Network Element object. Catalyst 6500 Switch This option deploys the
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Choose the Catalyst 6500 Switch Network Element Only option and click the Forward button. The Object Parameters window, shown in Figure 4-10, is displayed. Tips The Catalyst 6500 Switch Network Element and Chassis option is used for the predeployment processes (see the “Predeployment” section). Figure 4-10 Deployment Wizard—Object Parameters Cisco 6500/7600 Manager User Guide OL-2209-01 4-16
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Property Description Number of Catalyst The number of switches or routers that you want 6500 Switch elements to deploy at the same time. Enter the number of Catalyst 6500 series switches or Cisco 7600 series Internet Routers that you want to deploy at the same time and click the Forward button. The remaining screens of this wizard are displayed for each switch or router to be deployed. The Object Parameters window, shown in Fig
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Property Description Catalyst 6500 Switch Name of the Network Element object that is displayed Name in the Map Viewer application. IP Address IP address of the switch or router. SNMP V1 Read SNMP v1 read community used by the device. Community SNMP V1 Write SNMP v1 write community used by the device. Community SNMP V2c Read SNMP v2c read community used by the device. Community SNMP V2c Write SNMP v2c write community used by the
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process Note The Network Element object can be deployed and commissioned without the IOS Telnet or enable passwords being set. However, some of the attributes will have the value of “ERROR” because those values are retrieved using IOS commands. Figure 4-12 Deployment Wizard—Views Property Description Physical Location in the Physical containment view where the new object will be deployed. Cisco 6500/7600 Manager User Guide OL-2209-01 4
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Chapter 4 Deploying the C65/76M Deployment and Commissioning Process If the wizard was launched from a Site object in the Physical containment view, this screen will not be displayed, and the Physical parameter is set automatically. If this wizard is launched from any other containment view, this screen is displayed and you must specify the appropriate location in the Physical containment where the new object should be added. You can use the Select button to specify the Physical containment (Fig
