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Document Objectives

This guide describes the architecture and supported platforms for the Cisco Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) product. From the information provided in this guide, you should be able to execute the tasks that are necessary to install and verify IPM in your system environment.

Audience

This guide is for network administrators or operators who install, configure, and verify the IPM 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:

"What is New in This Release" provides a brief description of the new features in IPM Release 2.1 and describes IPM's new client/server architecture.
"Preparing to Install IPM" provides information on upgrading from previous releases of IPM to IPM Release 2.1.
"Upgrading to IPM Release 2.1" describes the tasks to convert your existing IPM Release 1.0 and IPM Release 2.0 configurations and data for use in IPM Release 2.1.
"Installing IPM on Solaris" provides details on how to install, verify, and uninstall IPM on a Solaris workstation.
"Installing the IPM Client on Windows" provides details on how to install, verify, and uninstall the IPM client software on a Windows workstation.
"Installing NSPECHO to Measure SNA Response Times" provides instructions on how to install the NSPECHO mainframe program to measure host-to-router performance. This chapter also includes information on configuring VTAM and the mainframe-to-router link.
"Sample Installation Output" provides examples of the output listings produced when running various installation scenarios on the IPM Solaris platform.
"Configuring Service Point on the Host and Routers" provides figures and detailed descriptions of how service point support is configured on the mainframe and router.

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Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
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Alternate 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 screen font.
Information that you enter is in boldface screen font. Variables for which you enter actual data are printed in italic screen font.
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 ([ ]).

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Directories and filenames are in italic font.
If items such as buttons or menu options are grayed out on application windows, it means that the items are not available either because you do not have the correct permissions or because the item is not applicable at this time.

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.

Tips Means the following are useful tips.

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