About This Guide

This section describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Communication Server Getting Started Guide. It also lists related Cisco publications.

Document Objectives

This guide documents the first-time startup process of your communication server focusing on planning your installation and configuration. The purpose of the guide is to familiarize you with the entire configuration process, including hardware installation, planning your configuration, and implementing that configuration to enable you to start using your Cisco communication server quickly.

Audience

The Communication Server Getting Started Guide is directed to Cisco Systems customers who are responsible for the initial setup and configuration of their communication server product. This document provides a step-by-step approach to planning the first-time configuration in response to the setup command facility, a specially designed user interface for performing basic configuration procedures on all Cisco Systems communication server products. Users can also use the setup command facility for basic changes at any time.

This guide is written for customers who have little or no experience with the Cisco communication server. These users may be completely new to networking or they may be familiar with basic concepts and terminology. It is assumed that users understand the purpose for which their Cisco communication server was purchased.

There are no other prerequisites for using this guide. This document is a complement to the Communication Server Configuration and Reference publication. References are made where appropriate.

Document Organization

The organization of this guide reinforces the ease-of-use of the setup command facility and reflects the order in which the tasks should be performed. It is organized as a step-by-step planning tool that walks you through your first experience configuring a Cisco communication server. You can return to this guide at any time for reference in making basic changes to the existing configuration.

Worksheets are included as planning and information gathering tools.

The following list describes the major sections of this guide:

• Chapter 1, "Overview," provides an overview of the hardware installation and software configuration process.

• Chapter 2, "Preparing for First-Time Startup," guides you through the planning of your configuration when you use the setup command facility.

• Chapter 3, "First-Time Startup," shows how to use worksheets to run through a setup session.

• Chapter 4, "Modifying the Startup Configuration," provides information about modifying your startup configuration using the setup and configure commands.

• Chapter 5, "Miscellaneous System Tasks," provides information about additional tasks that may be useful during the configuration process, but are not necessarily required for all configurations, for example, loading configuration files, or system images using TFTP.

• Appendix A, "Setup Command Facility Flowchart," provides a
  tear-out flowchart that is a process-oriented overview of the setup command facility.

• Appendix B, "Blank Worksheets," provides a tear-out blank worsheet to complete during the planning phase and to use during a setup command facility session.

Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions to convey instructions and information:

• Terminal sessions and information the system displays are printed in screen font.

• Information you enter is in a boldface screen font.

• Nonprinting characters are shown in angle brackets (>).

• Information the system displays is in screen font, with default responses in square brackets ([ ]).

• Commands and keywords are in boldface.

• Command variables, filled in worksheet values, new terms and concepts, titles of books and periodicals are in italics.

This publication also uses the following conventions:

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

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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.

Related Documentation

The most important companion to this guide is the set of Cisco Systems documentation that accompanies the product. These manuals contain a vast amount of information about a variety of Cisco products. This guide refers you to the appropriate manual for additional reference material that is beyond the scope of this guide. The following manuals are shipped with the communication server product:

• Communication Server Configuration and Reference

• Hardware installation and maintenance publication for your communication server

• Configuration notes for your communication server, if applicable

• Internetworking Technology Terms and Acronyms

• System Error Messages

• Cisco Management Information Base (MIB) User Quick Reference

• Product Configuration Guide

To order these publications or additional copies of the Communication Server Getting Started Guide, contact your sales representative. (The Customer Order Number for each manual is located at the bottom of the title page.) Customer Service can provide you with the name of your sales representative if necessary.

Phone: 1-800-553-NETS (6387) or 1 (415) 326-1941
E-mail: customer-service@cisco.com