- Preface
- Overview
- Overview of the VNMC GUI
- Configuring Primary Authentication
- Configuring RBAC
- Configuring Trusted Points
- Configuring VNMC Profiles
- Configuring VM Managers
- Configuring Tenants
- Configuring Service Policies and Profiles
- Configuring Device Policies and Profiles
- Configuring Managed Resources
- Configuring Administrative Operations
- Index
Cisco Virtual Network Management Center GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
Chapter: Preface
Preface
This preface includes the following sections:
- Audience
- Organization
- Conventions
- Related Documentation
- Documentation Feedback
- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Audience
This guide is intended primarily for data center administrators with responsibilities and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Organization
This document includes the following chapters:
| Chapter |
Title |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1 |
Overview |
Contains an overview of Cisco Virtual Network Management Center (VNMC). |
| Chapter 2 |
Overview of the VNMC GUI |
Contains an overview of the VNMC UI. |
| Chapter 3 |
Configuring Primary Authentication |
Describes how to configure LDAP providers and select a primary authentication service. |
| Chapter 4 |
Configuring RBAC |
Describes how to configure role-based access control including user locales, user roles, and locally authenticated user accounts. This chapter also describes how to monitor user sessions. |
| Chapter 5 |
Configuring Trusted Points |
Describes how to configure trusted points. |
| Chapter 6 |
Configuring VNMC Profiles |
Describes how to configure VNMC policies and profiles. |
Chapter 7 |
Configuring VNMC Managers |
Describes how to configure VM Managers. |
Chapter 8 |
Configuring Tenants |
Describes how to configure tenants, data centers, applications, and tiers. |
Chapter 9 |
Configuring Service Policies and Profiles |
Describes how to configure service policies and policy sets, verify policies, configure compute and edge firewall security policies, and apply profiles to firewalls. |
Chapter 10 |
Configuring Device Policies and Profiles |
Describes how to configure device policies and device profiles, and associate device policies with profiles. |
Chapter 11 |
Configuring Managed Resources |
Describes how to configure managed resources including compute and edge firewalls, and pools. |
Chapter 12 |
Configuring Administrative Operations |
Describes how to configure backup operations, export operations, and import operations. |
Conventions
This document uses the following conventions:
| Convention |
Indication |
|---|---|
| bold font |
Commands, keywords, GUI elements, 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 that the system displays appear in Courier font. |
Bold Courier font |
Information that you enter appears in bold 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. |
Related Documentation
Cisco Virtual Network Management Center
The following Cisco Virtual Network Management Center documents are available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11213/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 Documentation Overview
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 Release Notes
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 Quick Start Guide
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 CLI Configuration Guide
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 GUI Configuration Guide
- Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0 XML API Reference Guide
- Open Source Used in Cisco Virtual Network Management Center 2.0
Cisco ASA 1000V Documentation
The Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) documentation is available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12233/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Cisco Virtual Security Gateway Documentation
The Cisco VSG documentation is available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11208/tsd_products_support_model_home.html
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch Documentation
The Cisco Nexus 1000V Series switch documentation is available on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9902/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Documentation Feedback
To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to vnmc-docfeedback@cisco.com. We appreciate your feedback.
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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