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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 Solution Overview, how it is organized, its document conventions, and how to obtain documentation and technical assistance.

This solution overview is intended for the administrators and engineers who are responsible for installing and setting up the NME-APA module in the network.

Document Revision History

The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.

Revision	Cisco Service Control Release and Date	Change Summary
OL-17671-01	1.0 September, 2008	First version of this document.

Organization

This guide contains the following sections:

Section	Title	Description
1	Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance Overview, page 1-1	Provides an overview of the Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance solution.
2	Deploying the Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance Solution, page 2-1	Describes the initial steps required to deploy and perform basic setup of the Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance solution.

Related Publications

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

•For information on installing the Device Console, refer to the Cisco Application Performance Assurance Device Console Installation Guide.

•For information on using the Device Console, refer to the Cisco Application Performance Assurance Device Console User Guide.

•For initial installation and startup information, refer to the Cisco Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance User Guide.

•For troubleshooting information, refer to the Cisco Application Performance Assurance Troubleshooting Guide.

•Cisco CLI software, refer to the Cisco Network Module Enhanced Application Performance Assurance CLI Command Reference.

•For international agency compliance, safety, and statutory information for wide-area network (WAN) interfaces for the NME-APA device, refer to the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco Network Enhanced Module Application Performance Assurance (NME-APA).

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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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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