Table Of Contents
Preface
Preface
This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the User Guide for Cisco Multicast Manager 2.5. It refers you to related publications and describes online sources of technical information.
The Cisco Multicast Manager (CMM) is a web-based software application that requires no client software. With the CMM, you can gather information about the multicast running in your network, monitor multicast networks, and diagnose problems.
This preface includes:
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Document Objectives
•Document Audience
•Document Organization
•Document Conventions
•Related Documentation
•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines
Document Objectives
This guide describes how to use the CMM to monitor, troubleshoot and gather information about multicast networks. Using the information provided in this guide, you can complete the tasks that are necessary to use the 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 is divided into the following chapters:
•Chapter 1, "Getting Started" describes logging into the CMM, an overview of the CMM interface, and the initial tasks to perform.
•Chapter 2, "Configuring with the CMM Administration Tool" provides information on using the CMM Administration Tool to set up your network for monitoring.
•Chapter 3, "Monitoring with the Multicast Manager Tool" provides information on using the CMM Multicast Manager Tool to view topology and reports.
•Chapter 4, "Diagnostics and Troubleshooting with the Multicast Manager Tool" provides information on using the CMM Multicast Manager Tool to view both global and router-specific diagnostics.
•Chapter 5, "Maintaining and Managing the CMM" describes how to view configuration, log, database, device configuration, and historical data files, and how to include backup directories to maintain and manage the CMM.
•Chapter 6, "Route Manager" provides information on how to run reports to compare and view routing table baselines and run diagnostics.
Document Conventions
This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.
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Convention
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Commands and keywords
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boldface font
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Variables for which you supply values
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italic font
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Displayed session and system information
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Elements that are optional
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Alternate but required keywords are grouped
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Braces ({ }) and separated by a
vertical bar (|)
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Information you enter
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Variables you enter
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Menu items and button names
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boldface font
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Selecting a menu item in paragraphs
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Option > Network Preferences
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Selecting a menu item in tables
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Option > Network Preferences
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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.
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual.
Caution Means
reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data.
Tip Means the following are useful tips.
Related Documentation
Additional information can be found in the following publications of the CMM documentation set:
•Installation 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
