Preface

Preface

This preface describes the objectives and organization of this document and explains how to find additional information on related products and services. This preface contains the following sections:

Objectives

This document provides an overview of software functionality that is specific to the Cisco CSR 1000v Series Cloud Services Router. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide to all of the software features that can be run using the Cisco CSR 1000v Series router, but only the software aspects that are specific to this router.

For information on general software features that are also available on the Cisco CSR 1000v Series router, see the Cisco IOS XE technology guides for that specific software feature.

Related Documentation

This section refers you to other documentation that also might be useful as you configure your Cisco CSR 1000v router. The documentation listed below is available online. The following documents cover other important information for the Cisco CSR 1000v:

The Cisco IOS XE release documentation home page contains technology guides and feature documentation:

See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11174/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

For information on commands, see one of the following resources:

Document Conventions

This documentation uses the following conventions:

Convention

Description

^ or Ctrl

The ^ and Ctrl symbols represent the Control key. For example, the key combination ^D or Ctrl-D means hold down the Control key while you press the D key. Keys are indicated in capital letters but are not case sensitive.

string

A string is a nonquoted set of characters shown in italics. For example, when setting an SNMP community string to public, do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Command syntax descriptions use the following conventions:

Convention

Description

bold

Bold text indicates commands and keywords that you enter exactly as shown.

italics

Italic text indicates arguments for which you supply values.

[x]

Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).

|

A vertical line indicates a choice within an optional or required set of keywords or arguments.

[x | y]

Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate an optional choice.

{x | y}

Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical line indicate a required choice.

Nested sets of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required choices within optional or required elements. For example:

Convention

Description

[x {y | z}]

Braces and a vertical line within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.

Examples use the following conventions:

Convention

Description 


screen

Examples of information displayed on the screen are set in Courier font. 


bold screen

Examples of text that you must enter are set in Courier bold font.

< >

Angle brackets enclose text that is not printed to the screen, such as passwords.

!

An exclamation point at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line. (Exclamation points are also displayed by the Cisco IOS XE software for certain processes.)

[ ]

Square brackets enclose default responses to system prompts.

The following conventions are used to attract the attention of the reader:


Note
Means reader take note . Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials that may not be contained in this manual.

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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