User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 5.0 - Preface [Cisco Digital Media Players]

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Preface

Purpose

Audience

Related Documentation

Preface

Revised: June 26, 2008

Cisco Digital Media System is the collective name for a product family that consists of Cisco Digital Media Manager (DMM) appliances, Cisco Video Portal appliances, Cisco Digital Media Player (DMP) endpoints, Cisco Digital Media Encoder (DME) devices, and all associated software components.

Purpose

This guide describes how to use Cisco Digital Media Player Device Manager 5.0 (DMPDM) software that can be installed on a Cisco Digital Media Player of the model type 4300G, 4305G, or 4400G. If you you own more than three DMPs and do not understand why you should use DMM-DSM instead of DMPDM to manage a digital signage network, see Understanding DMP Modes of Operation, page 5.

Audience

The intended audience for this guide is systems or network administrators who install, configure, or troubleshoot DMP device hardware, and anyone who owns or uses fewer than three DMPs.

Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention

Indication

bold font

Commands, buttons, options in menus, 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.

A > B > C

The sequence of options to choose during a workflow when you perform a task or complete a step in a procedure.

[ ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{x | y | z }

Required alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. This convention also indicates when two or more field labels in a software user interface are equivalent.

[ 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. Your entries are bold. Arguments are italicized.

< >

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.

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

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

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.

Related Documentation

For a list of all Cisco DMS product documentation, see the Guide to Documentation for the Cisco Digital Media System at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6681/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html

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