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About this Guide

About this Guide

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This preface describes who should read the Cisco Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance User Guide, how it is organized, and its document conventions.

This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance (NME-APA) module.

All of the configuration tasks described in this guide should be performed through the Application Performance Assurance Device Console (APADC), for further details see the Cisco Application Performance Assurance Device Console User Guide. The configuration tasks described in this guide are for illustrative purposes only and should only be carried out by a qualified technician.

Document Revision History

The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.

Revision	Cisco Service Control Release and Date	Change Summary
OL-14496-02	2.0.0 September, 2008	Addition of new command to configure traffic management. See Configuring Traffic Management on the Application Performance Assurance, page 2-3. Addition of appendix to describe NetFlow fields. See NetFlow Records: Formats and Field Contents, page C-1 Addition of appendix to describe interoperability examples. See Interoperability Examples, page D-1.
OL-14496-01	1.0.0 August, 2007	This is the first version of this document.

Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Section	Title	Description
1	Cisco Application Performance Assurance Overview, page 1-1	Overview of NME-APA management.
2	Getting Started with Application Performance Assurance, page 2-1	Overview of getting started with the NME-APA module; downloading the software images and installing the software.
3	Command Line Interface, page 3-1	Detailed explanation of how to use the Cisco NME-APA Command-line Interface.
4	Operations, page 4-1	Explanation of how to manage the NME-APA module.
5	Utilities, page 5-1	Explanation of the setup wizard and the user log, as well as of file operations.
6	Configuring Security, page 6-1	Explanation of how to configure security on the NME-APA module.
7	Configuring the Line Interface, page 7-1	Explanation of how to configure traffic rules.
8	Failure Recovery, page 8-1	Explanation of how to configure failure behaviors.
9	Raw Data Formatting: The RDR Formatter, page 9-1	Explanation of how to monitor the RDR Formatter.
10	Managing Users, page 10-1	Explanation of how to import and export user information and how to monitor users.
A	Monitoring NME-APA Module Utilization, page A-1	Explanation of how to monitor NME-APA modules that are installed in real traffic.
B	MIB Reference, page B-1	Definition of the MIBs used by the NME-APA module.
C	NetFlow Records: Formats and Field Contents, page C-1	Description of the NetFlow fields.
D	Interoperability Examples, page D-1	Description of the configuration of several router features.

Related Publications

Your NME-APA module and the software running on it contain extensive features and functionality, which are documented in the following resources:

•For further information regarding the CLI and a complete listing of all CLI commands, refer to the Cisco Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance CLI Command Reference

•For module installation information refer to Installing Cisco Network Modules in Cisco Access Routers at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2797/products_module_installation_guide_chapter09186a008007c8ec.html.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention	Indication
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[ ]	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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