Obtaining Additional Information

This section describes how to obtain other Cisco publications, and includes tips for obtaining books, standards, and manuals about networks and data communications that may be helpful while configuring and using Cisco products.

Ordering Additional Cisco Publications

The most important companions to this publication is the documentation that accompanies the products. After completing the hardware installation, refer to these publications for information on system software configuration.

• Router Products Configuration and Reference--Provides information for using Cisco multiprotocol routers, including system interface use, system configuration, and network and system administration.

• Getting Started with the Cisco Router--Provides first-time configuration instructions for use with the setup command.

• Modular Products Hardware Installation and Reference (for users of Cisco's modular products)--Provides device installation and startup procedures and hardware upgrade procedures for all Cisco products.

• Terminal Server Configuration and Reference and Terminal Server Configuration and Reference Addendum for Cisco 500-CS--Provides information for using the Cisco Terminal Server, including the system interface, system configuration, and network and system administration.

• Protocol Translator Configuration and Reference--Provides information for using the Cisco Protocol Translator, including system interface use, system configuration, and network and system administration.

• IGS Hardware Installation and Reference or Modular Products Hardware Installation and Reference--Provides installation and startup procedures and hardware upgrade procedures for all Cisco products.

• IGS/TR Hardware Installation and Reference (for users with the IGS/TR product)--Provides device installation and startup procedures and hardware upgrade procedures for all Cisco products.

• Internetworking Technology Terms and Acronyms--A stand-alone glossary of terms to accompany all Cisco Systems publications.

Current price information for all Cisco documents is included in the Cisco Systems North American Price List. Consult the price list or contact your sales representative to order these manuals. Publications can be ordered directly from Cisco:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
1525 O'Brien Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA

1-800-553-NETS or 1-415-326-1941

E-mail: customer-service@cisco.com

Obtaining Cisco Publications Electronically

Cisco provides a directory of documents that you can access electronically using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) as follows:

Step 1: At your server prompt, use the ftp command to connect to address ftp.cisco.com.

% ftp ftp.cisco.com

When you connect to the directory, you are greeted with an informational banner:

Connected to dirt.cisco.com.

220 dirt FTP server (Version 5.51.28 Mon Jan 13 17:51:58 PST 1992) ready.

This is followed by a login prompt.

Step 2: Enter anonymous as your login name:

Name (ftp.cisco.com:cindy): anonymous

The system responds with this message:

331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.

Password:

Step 3: Enter your login name at the Password: prompt. The following message and ftp> prompt appear:

230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.

ftp>

Step 4: To obtain a list of available files, enter get README at the ftp> prompt:

ftp> get README

200 PORT command successful.

150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for README (10093 bytes).

226 Transfer complete.

local: README remote: README

10307 bytes received in 0.17 seconds (59 Kbytes/s)

Step 5: Enter the get command and the full file name for each file you require. Use the quit command to exit FTP.

ftp> quit

221 Goodbye.

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Note In the FTP directory, the ls command does not accept wildcards; therefore, you cannot use this command to get a list of available files. To obtain a list of available files, get the README file.

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Ordering DDN Publications

The Defense Data Network (DDN) Network Information Center (NIC) maintains bibliographies of computer networks and protocols in documents called Requests for Comments (RFCs) (including information about the Internet suite of protocols) and produces documents of interest to network managers. These documents are maintained by Government Systems, Inc. (GSI). You can request copies by contacting GSI directly, or you can use the TCP/IP File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to obtain an electronic copy.

You can contact GSI by mail, telephone, or electronic mail.

Mail:

Government Systems, Incorporated
Attn: Network Information Center
14200 Park Meadow Drive, Suite 200
Chantilly, Virginia 22021

Telephone:

1-800-365-3642
1-703-802-4535
1-703-802-8376 (fax)

Electronic Mail:

nic@nic.ddn.mil
Network address: 192.112.36.5
Root domain server: 192.112.36.4

Obtaining RFCs Electronically

To obtain a copy of an RFC via FTP, procede as follows:

Step 1: At your server prompt, use the ftp command to connect to address nic.ddn.mil:

% ftp nic.ddn.mil

When you connect to the NIC, you are greeted with an informational banner:

Connected to nic.ddn.mil.

220-*****Welcome to the Network Information Center*****

*****Login with username "anonymous" and password "guest"

*****You may change directories to the following:

ddn-news - DDN Management Bulletins

domain - Root Domain Zone Files

ien - Internet Engineering Notes

iesg - IETF Steering Group

ietf - Internet Engineering Task Force

internet-drafts - Internet Drafts

netinfo - NIC Information Files

netprog - Guest Software (ex. whois.c)

protocols - TCP-IP & OSI Documents

rfc - RFC Repository

scc - DDN Security Bulletins

220 And more.

This is followed by a login prompt.

Step 2: At the login prompt, enter anonymous as your login name:

Name (nic.ddn.mil:cindy): anonymous

The NIC responds with this message:

331 Guest login ok, send "guest" as password.

Password:

Step 3: Enter guest at the Password: prompt. The following message and ftp> prompt appear:

230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp>

Step 4: Use the cd command to change directories. The following example illustrates how to change the RFC directory and obtain RFC 1158:

ftp> cd rfc

250 CWD command successful.

ftp> get rfc1158.txt

Step 5: To exit the FTP facility, enter the quit command at the ftp> prompt.