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This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Installing and Setting Up Content Flow Monitor on Windows NT and Solaris guide. It refers you to related publications and describes online sources of technical information.

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Document Objectives

This guide describes the tasks and commands for installing the Content Flow Monitor (CFM) application on either a Windows NT or Solaris workstation. From the information provided in this guide, you should be able to execute the tasks that are necessary to install and verify CFM in your system environment.

Audience

This guide is for network administrators or operators who install, configure, and verify the CFM software. Network administrators or operators should have the following skills:

Basic network management skills
Basic Windows system administrator skills
Basic Solaris system administrator skills

Document Organization

This guide is divided into the following chapters and appendixes:

"Prerequisites" describes the factors that you should consider before installing CFM on a Windows NT or Solaris workstation.
"Installing CFM on Windows NT" describes how to install the CFM server software on a Windows NT system. It also provides information on verifying, uninstalling, and reinstalling CFM on Windows NT.
"Installing CFM on Solaris" describes how to install the CFM server software on a Sun Solaris system. It also provides information on verifying, uninstalling, and reinstalling CFM on Solaris.
"Sample Solaris Installation Output" provides examples of the following installation and uninstallation output listings for Solaris.
"Troubleshooting CFM Installation" describes problems you might experience while installing CFM and suggests ways to resolve those problems.

Document Conventions

This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.

Command descriptions in this guide use the following conventions:

Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.
Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and separated by a vertical bar (|).

Examples use the following conventions:

Terminal sessions and information that the system displays are printed in a screen font.
Information that you enter is in boldface screen font.
Variables for which you enter actual data are printed in italic screen font.
In examples, an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of a line in a router configuration indicates a comment line.
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are shown in angle brackets (< >).
Information that 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.
Menu item selection is shown in the following format:
Select Options > Network Preferences > Languages.
Directories and filenames are in italic font.
If items such as buttons or menu options are grayed out on screens, it means that either you do not have permission to use them or the items are not currently applicable.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can find answers to frequently asked questions about CFM in the CFM online help or in the Cisco Content Flow Monitor User Guide.

Online Help

CFM includes a browser-based online help system that provides overviews, related information, procedures, and glossary terms for CFM. You can select underlined text to access additional help topics that provide related information.

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