Preface

Revised: November 4, 2011

 

This chapter includes the following sections:

Purpose

This guide describes how to set up, configure, and administer your Cisco DMM and Cisco Show and Share appliances. It also tells you how to use the Appliance Administration Interface (AAI), a text user interface that helps you to administer a DMS appliance.

Audience

The intended audience for this guide is systems or network administrators who install, configure, or troubleshoot Cisco DMS appliance hardware.

Document Conventions

This guide uses these text formatting conventions:

Item
Convention

Commands and keywords

boldface font

Variables for which you supply values

italic font

Displayed session and system information

screen font

Information you enter

boldface screen font

Variables you enter

italic screen font

Menu items and button names

boldface font

Selecting a menu item in paragraphs

Option > Network Preferences

Selecting a menu item in tables

Option > Network Preferences


Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.



Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.


Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.


Related Documentation

For a list of all Cisco DMS product documentation, see the Guide to Documentation for the Cisco Digital Media Suite at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/digital_media_systems/5_x/5_0/dms/roadmap/dms50map.html

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html .

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