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Chapter 4 Deploying the Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager
Deploying Existing Network Objects Using IP Auto Discovery
Step 2
Provide the required information in the displayed fields.
For more information on the Cisco EMF Auto Discovery process, see the “Auto Discovery” chapter of
the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide.
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 Cisco Catalyst Switch
Manager. As a result, set operations will fail.
After the discovery process is complete, newly discovered objects will be automatically added to the
Network and Physical view containers within the Map Viewer application. In the Network view
container, the object will be placed under the appropriate subnet. In the Physical view container,
discovered objects will be placed in the location based on the value of the Physical Location parameter.
If one of the discovered devices is a Catalyst switch, then a Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager Network
Element object will also be added into the Network containers, Physical containers, and the appropriate
Manager Views. The Software object is also automatically added to the Manager View. In the following
figure, the Network Element object is labelled “192.168.12.105” and the Software object is labelled
“192.168.12.105-Software.”
Figure 4-3
Map Viewer with a Newly Discovered Catalyst Switch
