About This Guide

This Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution User Reference manual provides details about the Cisco Virtual Private Network (VPN) Solutions Center: MPLS Solution, to be referred to as MPLS VPN Solution.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is written as a resource for experienced users and administrators who use MPLS VPN. It provides details about how to implement the functionality of MPLS VPN Solution.

It is assumed that 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 that you have a basic familiarity with UNIX.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Getting Started," provides an overview of the MPLS VPN Solution product and the system setup necessary to run it.
Chapter 2, "WatchDog Commands," provides the description, syntax, and arguments for the commands for WatchDog, a background daemon process that is automatically installed as part of the installation procedure for MPLS VPN Solution.
Chapter 3, "VPN Console," provides an overview of the VPN Console and the organization of: the menu task bar items; the left pane, the hierarchy pane; and the right pane, the data pane.
Chapter 4, "VPN Console: File Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the File menu:
Chapter 5, "VPN Console: Setup Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the Setup menu:
Chapter 6, "VPN Console: Provisioning Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the Provisioning menu:
Chapter 7, "VPN Console: Auditing Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the Auditing menu:
- Generate Service Request Audit Reports
- View Latest Audit Reports
Chapter 8, "VPN Console: Monitoring Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the Monitoring menu task bar:
Chapter 9, "VPN Console: Tools Menu," provides an explanation of the options under the Tools menu task bar:
- Topology
- Tasks
- Task Logs
Chapter 10, "VPN Console: Help Menu," provides the version and copyright information for this product:
- About VPN Solutions Center
Chapter 11, "Scheduling," provides the scheduling choices available for tasks.
Chapter 12, "Reports Overview," provides an overview of the types of reports available with MPLS VPN Solution and the structure of reports.
Appendix A, "Repository Management," provides details about repository management tools handled from the command line and from a third party backup program.
"Property Settings," provides information about the contents of the file csm.properties, which has the property setting information. A table provides the default value, the range of values or the rules for valid values, and an explanation for each of the arguments in the csm.properties file.
The glossary provides a glossary of MPLS VPN Solution terms.

Related Information

The following documents are companion documents to this document and comprise the Cisco VPN Solutions: MPLS Solution documentation set:

Release Notes for Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution 1.1 (Part Number: 78-10509)
Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution Installation (Part Number: 78-10549)
Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution User Guide (Part Number: 78-10548)

If you have the API module for this product, the following document is also part of the Cisco VPN Solutions: MPLS Solution documentation set:

Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution API Programmer Reference (Part Number: 78-10522)

The following list of documents contains additional information that may help you more fully understand the material described in this manual. These documents are available on the Cisco Documentation CD-ROM:

Cisco IP Manager (Lite) 2.0(34)M Release Notes (Part Number: 78-7205)
Cisco IP Manager (Lite) User's Guide: Version 2.0 (Part Number: 78-10298)
Internetworking Technologies Handbook
Internetworking Terms and Acronyms

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 MPLS VPN Solution 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 the entry. Clicking a second time on a previously selected entry deselects it.
To select a contiguous block of items, click 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 the entry at the end of the group to be added
To add a noncontiguous entry to the selection group, press the Ctrl (Control) key and click the entry to be added.

Names of on-screen elements that you click or select (menu names, 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).

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual.

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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