About this Guide
This preface describes who should read the Cisco Service Control Application Reporter User Guide, how it is organized, and its document conventions.
This guide is intended for experienced network administrators who are responsible for generating reports of the daily operation using the Cisco Service Control Application Reporter (SCA Reporter).
Document Revision History
The Document Revision History below records changes to this document.
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Cisco Service Control Release and Date
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OL-8411-07 |
3.1.7 December, 2008 |
Updated information about report templates to reflect inaccuracies in the report outputs. See SCA Reporter Templates, page D-1 |
OL-8411-06 |
3.1.6 May, 2008 |
Minor changes throughout the guide. |
OL-8411-05 |
3.1.5 November, 2007 |
Added the following new features: •Configuring colors used in charts. See: –How to Set the Colors Used in Charts, page 2-14 –How to Change the Colors Used in a Chart, page 5-11 •Configuring the chart legend globally (see How to Configure the Legend Displayed in Charts, page 2-19) |
OL-8411-04 |
3.1.0 May, 2007 |
Added the following new features: •Installing the SCA Reporter under Linux, page 2-6 •New Command-Line Interface commands •Prescheduled Reports, page 6-1 •Virtual Links Monitoring Template Group, page D-8 and new templates to existing template groups |
OL-8411-03 |
3.0.5 November, 2006 |
•Minor changes throughout the guide. |
OL-8411-02 |
3.0.3 May, 2006 |
•Updated Online Help •Added Troubleshooting Section |
OL-8411-01 |
3.0.0 December, 2005 |
First version of this document. Parts of this document are based on Chapter 8 and Appendix A of the Release 2.5.5 Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide. |
Organization
This guide contains the following sections:
Related Publications
Use this Cisco Service Control Application Reporter User Guide in conjunction with the following Cisco documentation:
•Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide
•Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband Reference Guide
•Cisco Service Control Management Suite Collection Manager User Guide
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
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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. |
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Elements in square brackets are optional. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets. |
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Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets. |
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An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line. |
Note Means reader take note.
Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.
Caution
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reader be careful. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.
Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.
Warning Means reader be warned. In this situation, you might perform an action that could result in bodily injury.
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