Table Of Contents

Preface

Objectives

Document Revision History

Document Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Preface

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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

•Document Revision History

•Document Organization

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•Conventions

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Objectives

This document describes Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application (VQE), Release 2.0, and explains how to set up and use the VQE software.

Document Revision History

Table 1 records technical changes to this document. The table shows the document revision number for the change, the date of the change, and a brief summary of the change.

Table 1 Document Revision History

Revision	Date	Change Summary
OL-14115-01	August, 2007	First release

Document Organization

This publication is organized as follows:

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	Introduction to Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application	Provides an introduction to Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application (VQE), Release 2.0.
Chapter 2	Getting Started with VQE-S, VCPT, and VQE Client Channel Configuration Delivery Server	Explains how to perform the initial configuration tasks needed to get the two categories of Cisco Content Delivery Engine 110 (CDE110) appliances running with the Cisco VQE software: a CDE110 hosting VQE Server (VQE-S) and a CDE110 hosting VQE Channel Provisioning Tool (VCPT) and VQE Client Channel Configuration Delivery Server.
Chapter 3	Using the VQE Channel Provisioning Tool	Describes how to use Cisco VQE Channel Provisioning Tool (VCPT).
Chapter 4	Using the VQE-S Application Monitoring Tool	Describes how to use Cisco VQE-S Application Monitoring Tool (VQE-S AMT or AMT)
Appendix A	Configuring VQE-S	Provides information on using command-line options to the process_monitor command and the global and process options in the VQE-S configuration file.
Appendix B	Using Net-SNMP	Gives information on using Net-SNMP on the Cisco CDE110 appliances that host VQE-S and that host VCPT and VQE Client Channel Configuration Delivery Server.

Related Documentation

The following is a list of documents and URLs for the Cisco CDE110 and the Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application, Release 2.0:

•Release Notes for Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application, Release 2.0 (OL-14479-01)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/cds/cda/vqe/2_0/release/notes/vqe_notes2_0.html

•Cisco CDA Visual Quality Experience Application User Guide, Release 2.0 (OL-14115-01)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/cds/cda/vqe/2_0/user/guide/vqe_guide2_0.html

•Cisco Content Delivery Engine 110 Hardware Installation Guide (OL-14114-01)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/cds/cde/cde110/installation/guide/cde110_install.html

•Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Content Delivery Engine 110 (78-18228-01)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/video/cds/cde/regulatory/compliance/cde110_rcsi.pdf

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions for command syntax descriptions and textual emphasis:

Table 2 Command Syntax and Emphasis Conventions

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
[   ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z}	Alternative, mutually exclusive, 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.
screen font	Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
^	The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
<   >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets in contexts where italics are not available.
[   ]	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.

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

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

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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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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, 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