Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Monitoring Guide. It also provides information about how to obtain related information.

Audience

This publication is for experienced system and network administrators who have specific knowledge in the following areas:

•Networking and data communications

•Network security

•Router and switch configuration

Organization

This publication is organized as follows:

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1, "Monitoring WAAS Using WAAS Central Manager"	Describes how to use WAAS Central Manager to monitor your WAAS devices.
Chapter 2, "Monitoring Traffic Interception"	Describes different methods to monitor traffic interception.
Chapter 3, "Monitoring WAAS Using SNMP"	Describes how to use SNMP to monitor your WAAS devices.
Chapter 4, "Monitoring WAAS Using XML API"	Describes how to use WAAS XML API to monitor your WAAS devices.
Chapter 5, "Monitoring WAAS Using Cisco Network Analysis Module"	Describes how to use Cisco Network Analysis to monitor your WAAS devices.

Related Documentation

For additional information on the Cisco WAAS software, see the following documentation:

•Release Note for Cisco Wide Area Application Services

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Quick Configuration Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Command Reference

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services API Reference

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Upgrade Guide

•Cisco WAAS Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows on a Virtual Blade

•Cisco WAAS Troubleshooting Guide for Release 4.1.3 and Later

•Cisco WAAS on Service Modules for Cisco Access Routers

•Cisco SRE Service Module Configuration and Installation Guide

•Configuring Cisco WAAS Network Modules for Cisco Access Routers

•WAAS Enhanced Network Modules

•Cisco Wide Area Application Services Online Help

•Using the Print Utilities to Troubleshoot and Fix Samba Driver Installation Problems

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engines

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 274 and 474 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 574 Hardware Installation Guide

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Networking Product Series

•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 512 and 612 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 7326 Hardware Installation Guide

•Cisco Wide Area Application Engine 7341, 7371, and 674 Hardware Installation Guide

•Installing the Cisco WAE Inline Network Adapter

•Using Cisco NAM 4.1 Reporting with Cisco WAAS

Conventions

This document uses the following 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

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

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

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