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 Quick Start Guide and describes the conventions that convey instructions and other information.

The preface contains the following sections:

•Objective

•Audience

•Document Organization

•Document Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Changes to This Document

Objective

This document provides a quick, step-by-step procedure for starting up and using CEPM. This guide walks you through the setup of a basic application and its resources, the securing of its resources with policies, and the testing of those policies.

Audience

It is assumed that the Policy Administration Point (PAP) and Policy Decision Point (PDP) have already been installed. If the PAP and PDP have not been installed, then refer to the Cisco Enterprise Policy Manager Installation and Configuration Guide before going through this document.

Document Organization

This guide contains the following chapters and appendixes:

•Chapter 1, "Quick Start Guide"

•Appendix A, "PEP Configuration File"

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 PAP Configuration Guide V3.3.1.0	Provides guidelines to configure the PAP configuration parameters available in pap_config.xml file. Location on Cisco.com: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/epm/epm331/Configuration_Guide/PAP_Config_Guide/CEPM_PAP_Configuration_Guide.html
CEPM PDP Configuration Guide V3.3.1.0	Provides guidelines to configure the PDP configuration parameters available in pdp_config.xml file. Location on Cisco.com: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/epm/epm331/Configuration_Guide/PDP_Config_Guide/EPMPDPConfigs_chap.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 have been made to this document since Release 3.3.0.0: •Added reference to Resource Groups and changed the screenshots accordingly.

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