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Chapter 3 Getting Started
Deployment
Figure 3-4 Deployment Process Workflow
1. The first deployment stage is to manually deploy a Generic (Site) object. A Site object can be looked
upon as a c onta iner obj ect whe re you can de ploy fur ther o bj ects t h at r epre se nt t he
Cisco 12000/ 10720 Route r chassis, lin e cards and inte rfaces contai ned within the chassis. See
“Manua lly Deployi ng a Generi c Site Objec t” secti on on page 3-10 for furt her d eta il s.
2. The second deployment stage is at the chassis level. The Ci sco 12000/10720 Router chassis can be
auto di scovered or manual ly depl oyed. See “IP Auto Discovery of the C isco Ch assis” section on
page 3-19 or the “Ma nually Depl oying a Cisco 12000 /10720 Cha ssis” se cti on on pa ge 3-2 0 for
furthe r details .
Note You can pre -depl oy objects (that is, manua lly pred eploy objec ts) before th e Cisco har dware
arrives on-site . S ee “Pre-deployment” section on page 3 -58 for furthe r detail s.
3. The third de ployment stage is at subchassis level. This involves either subc hassis discovery or
deploying subchassis objects (modules) manually . See “Commissioning and Subchassis Discovery”
section on page 3-26 or the “Manually Deploying Modules” section on page 3-30 for further details.

Manually Deploying a Generic Site Object

Generic obj ects are non-tec hno logy spe cific objec ts. Whe n deployi ng a gene ric object , the in fo rmati on
you are p rompt ed t o provide di ffers accor ding t o th e type and nu mber of gene ric o bje cts you are
deploying.
Table 3-1 displays a list of gen eric object s that can be deployed using Cisc o 12000/10 720 Router
Manager.
Stage 1: Manually
deploy a generic object
Stage 2: Chassis
level deployment OR
AND/OR
Optional
IP Auto-discovery of
Cisco 12000/10720
series chassis
Manual deployment of
the Cisco 12000/10720
series chassis
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Stage 3: Sub-chassis
level deployment
Sub-chassis
Discovery
Manually deploy
Sub-chassis objects