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How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii
Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlv
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liv
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How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible. This document supports Network Advisor 12.2.0 and later.
The document contains the following components:
Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” provides a high-level overview of the user interface.
Chapter 2, “Patches,” provides information about installing patches.
Chapter 3, “Discovery,” describes how to discover IP devices.
Chapter 4, “Management Groups,” describes how to create product and port management
groups.
Chapter 5, “Application Configuration,” provides Management application configuration
instructions.
Chapter 6, “User Account Management,” provides information on how to manage users.
Chapter 7, “Dashboard Management,”provides details about the Dashboard tab.
Chapter 8, “View Management,” provides view and topology configuration instructions.
Chapter 9, “MRP Topology,” provides details about MRP topology.
Chapter 10, “Call Home,” provides call home configuration instructions.
Chapter 11, “Third-party tools,” provides instructions for adding and launching third-party tools.
Chapter 12, “Server Management Console,” provides information on using the Server
Management Console to stop and start the Management application services, back up the
Management application database, and capture technical support information.
Chapter 13, “Wireless Management,” provides information about wireless devices.
Chapter 14, “VCS Management,” provides information on VCS fabrics. This chapter is for
Network OS devices only.