Table Of Contents

Preface

Preface

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This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Installation Guide for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5. It refers you to related publications and describes online sources of technical information.

Cisco Multicast Manager (CMM) is a web-based software application that requires no client software. With CMM, you can gather information about the multicast running in your network, monitor multicast networks, and diagnose problems.

This preface includes:

•Document Objectives

•Document Audience

•Document Organization

•Document Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Document Objectives

This guide describes how to install Cisco Multicast Manager. Using the information provided in this guide, you can complete the tasks that are necessary to install CMM in your multicast environment.

Document Audience

This guide is for network administrators or operators who use the CMM software to manage multicast networks. Network administrators or operators should have:

•Basic network management skills

•Basic multicast knowledge

Document Organization

This guide contains the following chapter:

•Chapter 1, "Installing Cisco Multicast Manager," describes preliminary installation steps, detailed installation steps for the Solaris platform and the Linux platform, and tasks to perform after the initial installation.

Document Conventions

This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.

Command descriptions use the following conventions:

•Commands and keywords are in boldface font.

•Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.

•Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.

•Alternate but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and separated by a vertical bar (|).

Examples use the following conventions:

•Terminal sessions and information that the system displays are printed in screen font.

•Information that you enter is in boldface screen font. Variables for which you enter actual data are printed in italic screen font.

•Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are shown in angle brackets (< >).

•Information that the system displays is in screen font, with default responses in square brackets ([ ]).

This publication also uses the following conventions:

•Menu items and button names are in boldface font.

•Directories and filenames are in italic font.

•If items such as buttons or menu options are grayed out on application windows, it means that the items are not available either because you do not have the correct permissions or because the item is not applicable at this time.

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual.

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Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Tip Means the following are useful tips.

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Related Documentation

Additional information can be found in the following publications of the CMM documentation set:

•User Guide for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5

•Release Notes for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5

•Documentation Guide and Supplemental License Agreement for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, 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