Preface

This chapter includes the following sections:

•Purpose

•Audience

•Document Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

This guide describes how to set up, configure, and administer your DMM appliances and your Video Portal appliances. It also tells you how to use the Appliance Administration Interface (AAI), a text user interface that helps you to administer a DMS appliance.

The intended audience for this guide is systems or network administrators who install, configure, or troubleshoot Cisco DMS appliance hardware.

This guide uses these text formatting conventions:

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

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

Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information, similar to a Timesaver.

For a list of all Cisco DMS product documentation, see the Guide to Documentation for the Cisco Digital Media System at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6681/products_documentation_roadmaps_list.html

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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