About This Guide

This section describes who should read this guide, how it is organized, and the document conventions of the TrafficDirector guide.

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Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is designed for network managers who are responsible for the initial setup and configuration of switches and probes, and for monitoring traffic and diagnosing emerging problems on network segments. The network manager should be familiar with the following topics:

Basic concepts and terminology used in internetworking
Network topology and protocols
Basic UNIX commands
Basic Windows NT operation
Windowing system that your network management station uses, such as Motif.

Usage Conventions

This section describes how to use the online help for the TrafficDirector application and also explains the document conventions used in this guide.

Using Online Help

The TrafficDirector online help system provides task-oriented help for most TrafficDirector application features or tools. Context-sensitive online help is available in every window that contains a Help button.

You can access help information in any of the following ways:

From a window with a Help menu, you can access:
- The contents of the online help system by selecting Help > Using TrafficDirector.
- The contents of the online help system by selecting Help > Index.
- Tthe Campus Manager documentation by selecting Help > Campus Documentation.
- Information on how to use the online help by selecting Help > Using Help.
- TrafficDirector release and copyright information by selecting Help >
  About TrafficDirector.
From a dialog box with a Help button, click the button to get information related to using that dialog box.
From an error message dialog box with a Help button, click the button to get more information about the error message.

Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Command paths in a graphical user interface (GUI) are indicated as follows:

: Action > Reports > Switch Detail

On NT systems, use the left mouse button to select and drag an icon to a new location.
On UNIX systems, use the middle mouse button to select and drag an icon to a new location.
Screen displays might differ slightly from those included in this publication depending on the window system you are using. For example, Windows NT screens are different from HP-UX screens.

Notes and cautions use the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

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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WWW: http://www.cisco.com
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WWW: http://www-china.cisco.com
Telnet: cco.cisco.com
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Table of Contents

About This Guide

About This Guide

Who Should Read This Guide

Usage Conventions

Using Online Help

Document Conventions

Related Documentation

Cisco Connection Online