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Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
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Preface
Audience
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.
Purpose
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.
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
Subscribe to the What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed
and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free
service and Cisco currently supports RSS
Vers i o n 2.0.