Cisco Systems Network Assistant Preface

Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant

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Preface

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.

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.

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revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

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