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The Cisco Info Center Mediator and Gateway Reference provides the following information about the Cisco Info Center, Cisco Info Mediators, and Cisco Info Gateways:
Prior to reading this manual, you should read the Release Notes document. This file 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.
This book is written as a technical resource for network managers and system administrators (the people responsible for managing the network) and for network analysts (those who configure it).
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.
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, "Introduction to Info Mediators", describes the key features of the Cisco Info Mediators and how they are used.
Chapter 2, "Rules File Processing", describes rules file processing of raw event source data into Cisco Info Center alerts.
Chapter 3, "Info Center Mediators", describes the Mediators provided with the Cisco Info Center product.
Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting Info Mediator Problems", describes how to troubleshoot Cisco Info Mediators problems.
Chapter 5, "Introduction to Info Gateways", describes the key features of the Cisco Info Gateways and how they are used.
Chapter 6, "Using Info Gateways", contains reference information about each of the Cisco Info Center Gateways.
Appendix A, "Generic Info Mediator Properties", describes the generic properties available to all Cisco Info Mediators and their default settings.
Appendix B, "Default Info Mediator Command Line Options", describes the Cisco Info Mediator command line options.
Appendix C, "Cisco Info Server Fields", describes Cisco Info Mediator server data types and fields.
Appendix D, "Rules File Syntax", describes rules file syntax.
Appendix E, "Error Messages", describes the non-Cisco Info Mediator error messages.
Appendix F, "Info Mediator License Bands", describes the Cisco Info Mediator license bands.
Appendix G, "Cisco WAN Manager Mediator Rules File", describes the Cisco Wan Manager Mediator rules file.
Appendix H, "Info Gateway Command Reference", describes the Cisco Info Gateway commands.
Appendix I, "Info Gateway Command Line Options", describes the Cisco Info Gateway command line options.
An Index is also provided.
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The following documents are companion documents to this document and comprise the Cisco Info Center documentation set:
The following list of documents contains additional information which may help you more fully understand the material described in this reference manual:
These documents are available on the document CD.
This section discusses conventions and terminology used throughout this manual.
The Cisco Info Center software supports a three-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:
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:
Text displayed as on-screen examples is printed in courier font.
When set off from the main text, words and characters you should specify by the keyboard are printed in courier font in a 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:
you should specify the string root at the login prompt. However, when you see:
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).
Posted: Wed Sep 29 18:55:58 PDT 1999
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