Table Of Contents

Preface

Objective

Audience

Document Organization

Document Conventions

Related Documentation

Changes to This Document

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This preface explains the objectives, intended audience, and organization of the Cisco Enterprise Policy Manager .Net Developer Guide and describes the conventions that used throughout the guide.

The preface contains the following sections:

•Objective

•Audience

•Document Organization

•Document Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Changes to This Document

Objective

This document provides guidelines for using the Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) and Policy Administration Point (PAP) APIs.

Audience

This guide is for administrators who use CEPM and are responsible for resource modelling and entitlement management.

Document Organization

This guide contains the following topics:

•Chapter 1, "Introduction"

•Chapter 2, "PEP API Quick Start Guide"

•Chapter 3, "PAP API Quickstart Guide"

•Appendix A, "PEP API Reference Guide"

Document Conventions

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Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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

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Related Documentation

Following are the related documents that are available in CEPM-V3.3.0.0 documentation:

Table 0-1 Related Documents

Document Title	Description
CEPM User Guide V3.3.1.0	Provides detailed information about various features and functionalities available in CEPM. Location on Cisco.com: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/epm/epm331/Guide/User_Guide/CEPM_User_Guide_V3310.html
CEPM Install and Config Guide V3.3.1.0	Provides step-by-step instructions on how to install CEPM Components, such as Policy Administration Point (PAP) and Policy Decision Point (PDP), in various supported combinations of operating system, database, and application server. Location on Cisco.com: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/epm/epm331/Installation_Guide/Install_and_Config_Guide/CEPM_Install_and_Config_Guide_V3310.html
CEPM Dotnet Agent Guide V3.3.1.0	Provides step-by-step instructions for how to deploy the CEPM Dotnet Agent used by any .NET based application (either a desktop or a web-based application). It also describes the COM-wrapped agent, which is supported for VB, C++, and other Windows-based applications. Location on Cisco.com: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/epm/epm331/Agent/Dotnet_Agent/CEPM_Dotnet_Agent_Guide_V331.html

Changes to This Document

Table 0-1 lists the changes made to this document since it was first released.

Table 1 Changes to This Document

Date	Change Summary
June 10, 2010	Cisco Enterprise Policy Manager (EPM) Release 3.3.1.0 The following changes are made to this document: •New PAP APIs related to creating, updating resource groups are added with sample code snippet. •New PAP APIs related to defining policy on the resource group are added with sample code snippet. •New PEP APIs related to resource group are added. Old PAP API references are removed.

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