Cisco Systems and Connecting Network Assistant manual Installation Requirements, C H A P T E R

C H A P T E R 3

Installing, Launching, and Connecting Network Assistant

This chapter describes what you need to install Network Assistant, how to install it, how to launch it, and how to connect it to a device or an existing community.

Installation Requirements

The PC on which you install Network Assistant must meet these minimum requirements:

•Processor speed: 1 GHz

•DRAM: 256 MB

•Hard-disk space: 200 MB recommended (the actual application requires around 70 MB)

•Number of colors: 65536

•Resolution: 1024 x 768

•Font size: Small

Network Assistant is supported on these operating systems:

•Windows XP, Service Pack 1 or later

•Windows 2000, Service Pack 3 or later

•Windows NT 4.0, Service Pack 6 or later

•Windows 98, second edition

Note Network Assistant on Windows 98 cannot manage Catalyst 4500 series switches.

Installing Network Assistant

To install Network Assistant on your PC, follow these steps:

1.Go to this web address: http://www.cisco.com/go/NetworkAssistant.

You must be a registered Cisco.com user, but you need no other access privileges.

2.Find the Network Assistant installer, cna-windows-k9-installer.2-0.exe.

Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant

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