This section describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the CiscoWorks Installation Guide for Solaris. It also lists related Cisco, Sybase, and platform-specific publications.
Document Objectives
This guide contains information on the following:
- Planning, installing, and configuring CiscoWorks on the Solaris operating system
- Preparing to use CiscoWorks
For detailed information on using the CiscoWorks applications, refer to the CiscoWorks online help system and the CiscoWorks Release Note.
This guide is for the network administrator or operator who installs, configures, verifies, and uses CiscoWorks software. The network administrator or operator should be familiar with the following topics:
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Motif or a similar window manager that runs on a Sun workstation or an HP-UX system
- Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager, HP OpenView, or Solstice Enterprise Manager
- Basic UNIX commands
- UNIX text editors, such as vi or emacs
Document Organization
This guide contains the following chapters:
- "Preparing to Install CiscoWorks" helps you plan your installation and provides worksheets you can use during installation and configuration. If you want to customize your CiscoWorks installation, or if you are new to the installation process, read this chapter.
- "Installing and Configuring CiscoWorks" describes the installation and configuration process in detail. If you are installing CiscoWorks from a remote CD-ROM drive or if you cannot use the quick installation process, follow the instructions in this chapter.
- "Validating CiscoWorks Installation" describes how to verify that CiscoWorks is installed successfully and ensure that your CiscoWorks applications are accessible from your network management platform software.
- "Getting Started on Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager" helps you learn and use CiscoWorks in conjunction with your Site/SunNet/Domain Manager network management platform.
- "Getting Started with HP OpenView" helps you learn and use CiscoWorks in conjunction with your HP OpenView network management platform.
- "Getting Started on Solstice Enterprise Manager" helps you learn and use CiscoWorks in conjunction with your Enterprise Manager network management platform.
Document Conventions
This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.
Command descriptions use these conventions:
- Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
- Variables for which you supply values are in italic font.
- Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.
- Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and are separated by a vertical bar (|).
Examples use these conventions:
- Terminal sessions and information the system displays are printed in a
screen font.
- Information you enter is in
boldface screen font. Variables you enter are printed in italic screen font.
- Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are shown in angle brackets (< >).
- Information the system displays is in screen font, with default responses in square brackets ([ ]).
This publication also uses the following conventions:
- Menu items and button names are in boldface font.
- Selecting a menu item is indicated by the following convention: Select Administer>CiscoWorks System>Process Mgr.
- Directories and filenames are in italic font.
- If items such as buttons or menu options are grayed out on application windows, it means that you do not have permission to use these items.
 | Time Saver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph. |
Note Means
reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual.
 | Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data. |
This section provides information about related CiscoWorks and Sybase publications. The CiscoWorks documentation set includes:
- CiscoWorks Installation Guide for Solaris
- CiscoWorks User Guide
- CiscoWorks 4.0 Release Note
- CiscoWorks Online Help System
The Sybase CD contains the following set of publications to accompany CiscoWorks:
- Transact-SQL User's Guide
- System Administration Guide
- SQL Server Reference Manual--Volumes 1 and 2
- Master Index for Server Publications
- SQL Server Quick Reference
- What's New in SQL Server 10.0
- SQL Server Troubleshooting Guide
- E-SQR3 User's Guide
Refer to other network management platform documentation for NMS functionality.
Online UNIX Manual Pages
This guide references the online UNIX manual pages. For example, you can access the manual page for the df command by entering the following command at the UNIX prompt:
hostname% man df
Note You can also access the manual pages for CiscoWorks. To do so, confirm that your MANPATH environmental variable includes
$NMSROOT/man. You can add it to your MANPATH by entering the following line at the UNIX prompt for the C shell:
setenv MANPATH $NMSROOT/man:$MANPATH; or
MANPATH=$NMSROOT/man:$MANPATH; enter
export MANPATH for the Bourne or Korn shell. Refer to the
"Verifying Environment Variables and Search Paths" section in the
"Validating CiscoWorks Installation" chapter.
Online Help
This release of CiscoWorks includes a sophisticated online help system that allows users to access different levels of information within the help system by selecting underlined text to open additional windows.
The online help system provides overview, related information, procedures, and glossary data on the CiscoWorks applications and features. It contains both keyword and full-text search capabilities to enable users to search for specific text within the online help system.
For more information, refer to the CiscoWorks online help menu located in your network management platform menu structure or to the "CiscoWorks Online Help" section in the "Getting Started on Solstice Site/SunNet/Domain Manager" chapter.
Cisco Connection Online
Cisco Connection Online (CCO) is Cisco Systems' primary, real-time support channel. Maintenance customers and partners can self-register on CCO to obtain additional information and services.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value-added services to Cisco's customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, product documentation, software updates, release notes, technical tips, the Bug Navigator, configuration notes, brochures, descriptions of service offerings, and download access to public and authorized files.
CCO serves a wide variety of users through two interfaces that are updated and enhanced simultaneously: a character-based version and a multimedia version that resides on the World Wide Web (WWW). The character-based CCO supports Zmodem, Kermit, Xmodem, FTP, and Internet e-mail, and it is excellent for quick access to information over lower bandwidths. The WWW version of CCO provides richly formatted documents with photographs, figures, graphics, and video, as well as hyperlinks to related information.
You can access CCO in the following ways:
- WWW: http://www.cisco.com
- WWW: http://www-europe.cisco.com
- WWW: http://www-china.cisco.com
- Telnet: cco.cisco.com
- Modem: From North America, 408 526-8070; from Europe, 33 1 64 46 40 82. Use the following terminal settings: VT100 emulation; databits: 8; parity: none; stop bits: 1; and connection rates up to 28.8 kbps.
For a copy of CCO's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), contact cco-help@cisco.com. For additional information, contact cco-team@cisco.com.
Note If you are a network administrator and need personal technical assistance with a Cisco product that is under warranty or covered by a maintenance contract, contact Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) at 800 553-2447, 408 526-7209, or tac@cisco.com. To obtain general information about Cisco Systems, Cisco products, or upgrades, contact 800 553-6387, 408 526-7208, or cs-rep@cisco.com.
