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This section describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the CiscoWorks Administration and Installation Guide on NetView for AIX. It also lists related Cisco, Sybase, and IBM publications.
This guide contains procedures for planning, installing, and configuring the CiscoWorks network management software; setting up the CiscoWorks environment for your system; and preparing to use CiscoWorks. It also includes information on using CiscoWorks on the NetView for AIX platform and troubleshooting guidelines.
For detailed information on using the CiscoWorks applications, refer to the CiscoWorks User Guide and the CiscoWorks Release Note.
The CiscoWorks Administration and Installation Guide on NetView for AIX is designed for the Cisco Systems user responsible for installing, configuring, and verifying CiscoWorks software. This includes network managers, operators, and system administrators who should have prior networking experience, be familiar with the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), be aware of their own network topology, and be familiar with at least one window manager (for example, OSF/Motif) and the basic network management tools of NetView for AIX. Familiarity with database programs, a UNIX text editor (vi, for example), and the basic commands used in the UNIX environment (for example, the cd command used to change directories) is helpful.
The organization of this guide reflects the order in which the tasks should be performed.
Following are the major sections of this guide:
The command descriptions use the following conventions:
The examples use these conventions:
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This publication also uses the following conventions:
If items such as buttons or menu options are grayed out on application windows, you might not have permission to use these options, or the options are not available given the choices you have made.
This publication includes examples that are based on the C shell. If you are using a different shell, make the appropriate changes necessary to reflect your environment. For more information about UNIX shells, refer to your IBM documentation.
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The following Cisco publications accompany the CiscoWorks product upon request:
A set of Sybase documentation accompanies the CiscoWorks product. This publication references the appropriate sections of the following Sybase documentation for use with CiscoWorks:
The following publications provide information about NetView for AIX:
This guide references the online UNIX manual (man) pages. For example, to see the manual page for the command df, enter the following command at the command prompt:
hostname% man df
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