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About this Guide

About this Guide

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This document is a guide to the installation and use of the Application Performance Assurance Device Console (APADC).

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Note The guide assumes a basic familiarity with the telecommunications equipment and installation procedures, the NME-APA and ISR platforms, and their related components.

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This guide is intended for the system administrator and the networking or computer technician who is responsible for the on-site installation and configuration of the APADC.

Document Revision History

The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.

Revision	Cisco Service Control Release and Date	Change Summary
OL-14497-02	2.0 September, 2008	Updated for Release 2.0.0.
OL-14497-01	1.0 August, 2007	First version of this document.

Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Section	Title	Description
1	Installing the Application Performance Assurance Device Console, page 1-1	Describes the installation package and the install and uninstall procedures.
2	Getting Started, page 2-1	Describes the initial login to the Console.

Related Publications

Use this Cisco Application Performance Assurance Device Console Installation Guide in conjunction with the following Cisco documentation:

•Cisco Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance User Guide

•Cisco Application Performance Assurance Device Console User Guide

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Indication
bold font	Commands and keywords and user-entered text appear in bold font.
italic font	Document titles, new or emphasized terms, and arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z }	Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
[ x | y | z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
courier font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays appear in courier font.
< >	Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

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Note Means reader take note.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Warning Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.

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