Table of Contents

Who Should Read This Guide
How This Guide Is Organized
Document Conventions

About This Guide

This chapter describes who should read this guide, how it is organized, and the document conventions in Network Registrar CLI Reference Guide.

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Who Should Read This Guide

The Network Registrar CLI Reference Guide is written for system administrators. It assumes you understand how your site is configured, and are familiar with TCP/IP networking. The intent of the manual is to provide you information about how to use Network Registrar's command-line program, nrcmd, and how to use the DHCP extension points to write your own extensions.

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is intended to be used after you have installed and have Network Registrar running. The major sections of this guide are as follows:

Chapter 1	About the Nrcmd Program	Provides instructions on how to use the Network Registrar nrcmd program.
Chapter 2	Using the Nrcmd Commands	Describes all of the nrcmd commands.
Chapter 3	Nrcmd API	Provides suggestions on how to create batch files to execute nrcmd commands.
Chapter 4	Using Extension Points	Provides descriptions of the DHCP extension points.
Appendix A	Codes and Formats	Describes the status codes and the dump and load formats.
Appendix B	Error Codes	Lists the ncrmd error codes.
Appendix C	DHCP Extension Dictionary API	Describes the dictionary method calls you can use when accessing dictionaries from Tcl extensions and from shared libraries.
Appendix D	DHCP Extension Dictionary Entries	Describes the data items available in the request and response dictionaries.

Document Conventions

Network management interfaces use the following conventions:

• Command paths in a GUI are indicated as follows: Tools>VC List >All Connections

• NT systems use a two-button mouse. To drag and drop using an NT system, press and hold down the left mouse button on the icon you want to drag, drag it to the target, and release it to drop the icon on the target.

• UNIX systems use a three-button mouse. To drag and drop using a UNIX system, press and hold down the middle mouse button on the icon you want to drag, drag it to the target, and release it to drop the icon on the target.

• Screen displays may differ slightly from those included in this guide depending on the window system you are using. For example, Windows NT screens are different from HP OpenView screens.

Notes use the following conventions:

Cautions use the following conventions:

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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