Cisco Systems Dial NMS manual Conventions, Convention Description, Bold

Preface

Conventions

This guide describes the following network protocols, functions, and NMS applications:

•Protocols—SNMP and NTP.

•Functions—Syslog, modem call records, Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI), Log File Rotator, Device Navigator, web-based management, and War Dialer.

•NMS applications—UCD-SNMP, Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG), HP OpenView (HPOV), and CiscoWorks 2000 Resource Manager Essentials (CW2000 RME).

This guide does not provide the following information:

•Descriptions about the basics of network management. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/fun_c/index.htm

•Windows NT-based management of Cisco routers. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/rtrmgmt/index.htm

•Detailed authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA). http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/secur_c/index.htm

•Basic access server configurations. http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/PSP/index.pl?i=Products#Access_Products

•Information about integrating high-end NMS systems in to a dial access environment. http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/intsolns/index.htm

Conventions

Convention	Description
bold	Command or keyword that you must enter.
italic	File names, directory paths to files, user names, and arguments for which you supply
	values.
[x]	Optional keyword or argument that you enter.
{x y z}	Required keyword or argument that you must enter.
[x {y z}]	Optional keyword or argument that you enter with a required keyword or argument.
string	Set of characters that you enter. Do not use quotation marks around the character
	string, or the string will include the quotation marks.
screen	Information that appears on the screen.
^ or Ctrl	Control key—for example, ^D means press the Control and the D keys
	simultaneously.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords.
!	Comment line at the beginning of a line of code.

Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss.

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