Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Conventions

Performance Monitor Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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When you purchase Cisco Security Manager 3.0 (Security Manager), your license grants you the right to download, install, and use Cisco Performance Monitor 3.0 (Performance Monitor), which replaces CiscoWorks Monitoring Center for Performance 2.x.

Performance Monitor monitors and troubleshoots the health and performance of services that contribute to network security. It enables you to isolate, analyze, and troubleshoot events in your network as they occur, so that you can increase service availability.

This manual describes the features of the Performance Monitor application and explains how to use those features.

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Note Before you rely on any instruction or suggestion in this guide, we recommend that — for late-breaking information —  you read the Performance Monitor installation and release notes on Cisco.com. The installation and release notes documentation might contain corrections or additions to this guide or provide other information that affects planning, preparation, installation, or deployment.

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Tip SAFE is a Cisco strategy for designing, implementing, and maintaining a secure network. We recommend that you implement the best practices in the Cisco SAFE blueprint before you install Security Manager or any of its associated component applications. You can learn about SAFE at http://www.cisco.com/go/safe.

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Audience

This manual is intended for network and security personnel who support end users, administer network operations, or plan network capacity.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Item	Convention
Commands and keywords	boldface font
Variables for which you supply values	italic font
Displayed session and system information	screen font
Information you enter	boldface screen font
Variables you enter	italic screen font
Menu items and button names	boldface font
Selecting a menu item in paragraphs	Option > Network Preferences
Selecting a menu item in tables	Option > Network Preferences

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

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

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.

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Performance Monitor Documentation

See http://www.cisco.com/go/csmanager.

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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