Cisco Systems Network Assistant manual Preface, Audience, Purpose

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Preface

Audience

This guide is for system administrators, network managers, and other users who want to manage standalone network devices and device groups through a GUI. It presents Cisco Network Assistant, known as Network Assistant, as a solution.

Purpose

The purpose of this guide is to give users information to start using Network Assistant. It consists of these chapters:

Introduction—What Network Assistant is and what it does.

Network Assistant Features—How to use Network Assistant to manage devices and networks.

Installing Network Assistant—How to install Network Assistant on your workstation, start it, and connect it to a network device.

Planning and Creating Communities—The concepts and procedures for planning and creating communities by using Network Assistant. The concept of clusters is supported for backward compatibility.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant

 

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Contents Americas Headquarters Getting Started with Cisco Network AssistantPage N T E N T S Manually Adding Members Purpose PrefaceAudience Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant What Is Network Assistant? What Is Network Assistant? Front Panel View, Topology View, Network Assistant FeaturesFront Panel View Front Panel View and Port Popup Window Topology ViewMenu Bar Menu Bar, Toolbar, and Feature BarTask ToolbarIcon Task Feature Bar4shows the feature bar Network Assistant Modes Guide Mode SignpostsWizards Updates for Network AssistantSmartports Privilege LevelsOnline Help Starting Network Assistant Installing Cisco Network AssistantInstalling Network Assistant Connect Window Connecting to Network AssistantEvent Notification OL-6194-07 Planning a Community Candidate and Member CharacteristicsPlanning and Creating Communities Automatic Discovery of Candidates and Members Community Device LimitCommunity Names HostnamesCreating a Community PasswordsCommunication Protocols Community InformationVerifying a Community Manually Adding MembersConverting a Cluster to a Community Feature Default Value Recommended Value Network Assistant-Related Features and Their DefaultsCommand Purpose Configuring Your Switch for Network AssistantAdditional Configuration Required to Manage a Community Command Purpose D E IN-2