About This Manual

The Cisco Info Center Installation and Configuration manual describes the entire Cisco Info Center system, including administration tools. It also includes system requirements information, installation, and configuration information.

Prior to reading this manual, you should read the Release Notes document. This document provides information about known software and documentation problems and any last minute information about the software not available when this reference manual went to press.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is written as a resource for experienced users and administrators who install and configure the Cisco Info Center system. It provides details on how to install Cisco Info Center on all supported platforms and how to use the configuration tools.

It is assumed you have a basic understanding of network design, operation, and terminology, and that you are familiar with your own network configurations. It is also assumed you have a basic familiarity with UNIX.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Overview", describes the entire Cisco Info Center system, including administration tools.

Chapter 2, "Installation and Configuration", describes how to get started with the Cisco Info Center.

Chapter 3, "Multi-system Architecture", provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the Cisco Info Center software in the multi-system architecture.

Chapter 4, "Single-system Architecture", provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the Cisco Info Center software in the single-system architecture.

Chapter 5, "Upgrade Procedures", provides step-by-step instructions for upgrading from the Cisco Info Center 1.0 release to the Cisco Info Center 1.1 release.

Chapter 6, "Adding Additional Cisco SV+ Hosts to an Existing Configuration", provides step-by-step instructions for adding additional Cisco StrataView Plus (SV+) host(s) to an existing Cisco Info Center architecture.

An Index is also provided.

Related Information

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or http://www-europe.cisco.com.

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The following documents are companion documents to this document and comprise the Cisco Info Center documentation set:

Cisco Info Center Administrator Reference
Cisco Info Center Mediator and Gateway Reference
Cisco Info Center User Guide

The following list of documents contains additional information which may help you more fully understand the material described in this manual:

Cisco StrataView Plus Database Interface Guide
Cisco StrataView Plus SNMP Proxy Agent
Cisco StrataView Plus Operations Guide
Internetworking Technology Overview
Cisco IOS Software Command Summary
Internetworking Terms and Acronyms

All of the above documents are available on the Cisco Documentation CD-ROM.

Conventions and Terminology

This section discusses conventions and terminology used throughout this manual.

pointer---indicates where the mouse action is to occur
select---to push and hold down the left mouse button
release---to let up on a mouse button to initiate an action
click---to select and release a mouse button without moving the pointer
double-click---to click a mouse button twice quickly without moving the pointer
drag---to move the pointer by sliding the mouse with one or more buttons selected.

The Cisco Info Center software supports a three-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:

left button---selects objects and activates controls
middle button---adjusts a selected group of objects, adding to or deselecting part of the group
right button---displays and selects from menus.

This manual uses this terminology throughout (even though it is possible for individual users to customize their devices to use the buttons in an alternative manner).

In situations that allow more than one item to be selected from a list simultaneously, the following actions are supported:

to select a single item in a list, click on the entry. Clicking a second time on a previously selected entry deselects it.
to select a contiguous block of items, click on the first entry; then, without releasing the mouse button, drag to the last desired entry and release. (A subsequent click anywhere on the screen deselects all previous selections.)
to extend a currently selected block, hold the Shift key down and click on the entry at the end of the group to be added
to add a non-contiguous entry to the selection group, press the Ctrl (Control) key and click on the entry to be added.

Names of on-screen elements that you click, or select (menu names and commands, and controls such as buttons, drop-down lists, and so on) are printed in bold font.

Bold font is also used for keywords, names of commands, and names of keys on the keyboard.

Text displayed as on-screen examples is printed in courier font.

When set off from the main text, words and characters you should enter by the keyboard are printed in bold font. When the word or character string is enclosed in angle brackets
(< and >), you should substitute your own character string for the example presented in the text.

For example, when you see:

: login: root

you should specify the string root at the login prompt. However, when you see:

: password: <rootpassword>

you should specify your own password in place of the character string <rootpassword>.

The italic style is used to emphasize words, to introduce new terms, and for titles of printed publications (however, not titles of CD-ROMs or floppy disks).

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