Page 4 - Cisco EMF Software Features
1-4 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Cisco EMF Software Features Cisco EMF Software Features Cisco EMF provides a flexible framework which supports a variety of EM applications, making it possible to manage multiple device types within a given network on a single system. Com...
Page 5 - EM Software Features
1-5 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Software Features EM Software Features Installed with Cisco EMF, the EM allows for precise management of the device(s) it supports through custom GUI windows and modeling behavior. Invoked from the Cisco EMF Map Viewer application, the...
Page 6 - EM Objects and Interfaces; Physical Objects; Physical Object
1-6 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Objects and Interfaces EM Objects and Interfaces The EM manages both physical and logical objects as follows: • Physical—Represents tangible components and devices such as the chassis (hardware frame), module interfaces and port adapte...
Page 7 - Cisco Catalyst 8500 Router Chassis
1-7 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Objects and Interfaces The physical objects and interfaces in the preceding table are organized as follows: • The chassis contains the modules, including supporting modules (e.g., processors, SFCs, power supplies, and fan trays); • The...
Page 9 - Supporting Modules; Processor Sub Module
1-9 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Objects and Interfaces • Up to 2 route processor modules, where 1 processor is the primary and 1 is redundant • Up to 3 switch processor modules (Switch Fabric Cards), where 2 processors are primary and 1 is redundant • Up to 2 AC or D...
Page 11 - Physical Interfaces and Logical Interface Technologies
1-11 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Objects and Interfaces Physical Interfaces and Logical Interface Technologies Physical interfaces and logical interface technologies are modeled as objects below a parent module. As mentioned before, the type of module characterizes t...
Page 12 - Logical Objects; Interface Type; Logical Object
1-12 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts EM Objects and Interfaces Table 1-6 Physical Interfaces, Related Technologies and Windows Although not technology–specific, physical or logical, generic support is available through Configuration, Status, and Performance windows for each...
Page 13 - Views
1-13 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Views Views Views are accessible by clicking the Viewer icon on the Cisco EMF launchpad. These views appear in the frame at the left of the window when you open the Map Viewer window (see the following figure for an example). Views model...
Page 14 - Component Managed View
1-14 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Views Component Managed View The Component Managed view displays all objects within the Cisco EMF system. For example, say you have two types of EM applications installed in Cisco EMF: EM A and EM B. Information for both the EM A and EM ...
Page 15 - Layer 3 QoS View; Network View; Physical View
1-15 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Views Layer 3 QoS View The Layer 3 QoS view displays only Layer 3 QoS objects within the EM, such as the following: • Access Lists • Committed Access Rate (CAR) objects • Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) objects You can work within...
Page 17 - Object States; Normal State
1-17 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Object States Object States Object states reflect the life cycle of an object. Whatever stage the object is in at any given time displays in the state type. The state of an object can change frequently, depending upon what actions take p...
Page 18 - Decommissioned State; Errored
1-18 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Object States Decommissioned State The decommissioned state indicates that an object is not managed. When you manually deploy an object, the object is normally put into the decommissioned state. Tip Initially deployed objects are decommi...
Page 19 - Lost Comms
1-19 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Object States Lost Comms The lost comms (lost communications) state indicates that the object is not responding to heartbeat polling. The EM can apply this state to a chassis, module, or interface. When an object is in the lost comms sta...
Page 20 - Synchronizing
1-20 Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide Chapter 1 Concepts Object States the chassis enters the mismatched state. To rectify this problem, you must either delete the predeployed chassis and deploy the correct one, or fix the IP address by re–entering the correct one in the chassis Management Inf...