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Cisco Access Router Manager User Guide
OL-3597-01
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Deploying and Discovering Objects
The first step toward managing a router is to deploy or predeploy the physical objects that you want to
manage. Deploying a physical object creates a representative object in Cisco EMF and, as a result, makes
the EM aware of the physical object’s presence.
If all or most of your chassis objects are physically present and if you have a large amount of objects to
deploy, you might want to automate these processes by using auto discovery. For example, if an EM is
installed into an existing network of routers, auto discovery can dramatically reduce the amount of
operator input required. If you only want to deploy a few objects or if many of your objects are not yet
physically present, you might want to manually deploy or predeploy. Predeployment is used when a
physical object is not yet connected to the network but is anticipated to be in the future. Predeploying
objects allows you to create representative objects within the EM and partially configure them, saving
time later.
Once objects deploy, you must commission (discover) them in order to manage them through the EM.
The following sections make up this chapter:
• Automatic Discovery
• Pre–deployment
• Deployment
• Commissioning