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Cisco Catalyst 8500 Manager User Guide
Chapter1 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 Information window.
Synchronizing
The EM provides capabilities to synchronize hardware components and settings between the
management system (EM) and the device. By default, the device is the master in the synchronization
policy. Therefore, synchronization mirrors the settings on the device to the management system;
overwriting any existing data.
Synchronization can be extremely useful when a device has been operational for some time and the
Cisco EMF management system is available to manage it.
Synchronizing occurs as a result of the following actions:
•Chassis commissioning
•Manual synchronization
•Auto synchronization
Manual synchronization is not available in C8500MGR.
When an object deploys and initially commissions, the state changes to discovery, then normal, then
synchronizing. When the management system and device complete synchronization, the state changes
to the appropriate post–commissioning state (typically normal).
Transient Object States
Certain states in the EM are temporary or transient, that is, they exist only for a short time while a process
is underway. The following states are transient:
•Download—Temporary state when a CiscoIOS Download is processing
•Reset—Temporary state during a Cisco IOS Download, when the device reboots for the new image
to take effect
•Discovery—Temporary state during subchassis discovery; during this stage, objects are discovering
•Commissioning—Temporary state during subchassis discovery; during this stage, the EM is
determining which state to move each object into