Preface

Preface

The Cisco Broadband Access Center 3.10 Installation Guide describes general requirements and installation procedures for Cisco Broadband Access Center, which is referred to as Cisco BAC throughout this installation guide.

This chapter provides an outline of the other chapters in this guide, details information about related documents that support this Cisco BAC release, and demonstrates the styles and conventions used in the guide.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Audience

System integrators, network administrators, and network technicians can use this installation guide to install Cisco BAC on a Linux operating system.

Organization

This guide includes the following chapters:

Chapter
Title
Description

Chapter 1

Introduction

Describes general requirements for a successful installation of Cisco BAC.

Chapter 2

Before You Begin

Describes factors to consider as you prepare to install Cisco BAC. For example, the individual components of Cisco BAC, the database requirements, and the order of operations for installing the software.

Chapter 3

Installing and Uninstalling Cisco BAC on Linux

Describes how to install the individual components of Cisco BAC on Linux.

Chapter 4

Configuring the Syslog Utility to Receive Cisco BAC Alerts

Describes how to configure the syslog file to receive alerts after Cisco BAC is installed.

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Convention
Indication

bold font

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.

[ ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{x | y | z }

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.

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.

< >

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.

Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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

Product Documentation

Note We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

You can view the marketing and user documents for Cisco Broadband Access Center at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps529/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

 

Related Documentation

Note We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

The following document gives you the list of user documents for Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.3:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/network_registrar/8-3/doc_overview/guide/CPNR_8_3_Doc_Guide.html

The following document gives you the list of user documents for Cisco Access Registrar 7.0:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/access_registrar/7.0/roadmap/guide/PrintPDF/
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