About This Manual

Objective

This Cisco WAN Service Administrator System Administrator Reference, Release 1.1 manual describes how to use the WSA System Administration Client.

Prior to reading this manual, read the Release Notes for Cisco WSA 1.1 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 use the Cisco WAN Service Administrator system. It provides details about how to configure the objects of the WSA Service Administration Client.

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 Microsoft Windows 95.

How This Book Is Organized

This manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Getting Started," describes how to enter the WSA System Administration Client, gives a table of the objects, their capabilities, and where to find detailed information, and explains the initial tasks that must be accomplished.
Chapter 2, "System Administrator Command Reference", provides an alphabetical listing of the objects of the WSA System Administration Client.
Chapter 3, "Service Level Template Management," describes how to use the service level templates provided with WSA.

Related Information

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

Cisco WAN Service Administrator Installation and Control System Configuration
Cisco WAN Service Administrator Client User Guide
Release Notes for Cisco WAN Service Administrator 1.1

The following list of documents contains additional information that 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 three-letter country acronyms follow the International Standards Organization (ISO) 3166 A3.

The Cisco WSA software supports a two-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:

left button---selects objects and activates controls
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 noncontiguous 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, 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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