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About This Manual

About This Manual

This section discusses the objectives, audience, and conventions of the LightStream 2020 System Overview. It also lists related Cisco documentation for the LightStream 2020 multiservice ATM switch (LS2020 switch).

Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a CD-ROM package, which ships with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM, a member of the Cisco Connection Family, is updated monthly. Therefore, it might be more up to date than printed documentation. To order additional copies of the Documentation CD-ROM, contact your local sales representative or call customer service. The CD-ROM package is available as a single package or as an annual subscription. You can also access Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.


Note The Cisco Connection Documentation, Enterprise Series CD was previously called UniverCD.

Document Objectives

This document provides an overview of the LS2020 switch. It introduces the switch and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology on which the switch is based. It also describes the traffic flow through an LS2020 network and the key features of the switch, such as traffic and network management.

Audience

The LightStream 2020 System Overview is for anyone who installs, configures, operates, or maintains an LS2020 network or anyone who wants a high-level overview of the LS2020 switch.

Users of the LS2020 document set are expected to have a general understanding of basic data communications concepts, some knowledge of UNIX, and a familiarity with the interfaces used by the devices connecting to their LightStream network.

If you are planning to use the bridging features of the LS2020 product, it is recommended that you have a working knowledge of bridging standards and conventions and TCP/IP networks.

Document Organization

This document contains six chapters.

Document Conventions

The following conventions distinguish different types of text:


Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

Related Documentation

The following is a list of LS2020 manuals and other material relevant to LS2020 switch users.

  Introduces the LS2020 switch and the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology on which the LS2020 product is based. It describes traffic flow through an LS2020 network and presents key features, such as traffic and network management.
  Provides guidelines you can use as you prepare your site to receive LS2020 hardware. It includes space, environmental, and electrical requirements; rack selection guidelines; requirements for the management workstation; and information on cables and connectors.
  Tells you how to install and set up LS2020 nodes and how to install StreamView management software on your network management workstation.
  Describes LS2020 hardware components and tells you how to troubleshoot and diagnose component problems. It also gives procedures for configuring and replacing individual components and discusses the test and control system (TCS) hub commands.
  Provides the information you need to configure LS2020 switches. It describes the configuration tools and the procedures for using them, introduces the configuration database, and defines all configurable attributes and their settings. The guide also provides step-by-step configuration procedures.
  Presents an overview of network tasks. It introduces the command line interface (CLI) and the graphical user interface (GUI), and it describes GUI-based monitoring procedures. The manual also describes facilities for viewing statistics and collecting traffic data.
  Presents the syntax and functions of all CLI commands and describes the LS2020 private MIB.
  Compactly summarizes the syntax and arguments for all CLI commands.
  Discusses LS2020 traps and outlines the procedures used to determine whether traps will be logged and where they will be viewed. The manual also describes the major SNMP, operational, and informational traps.
  Discusses the most frequently used LynxOS commands and the bash shell. It also provides a tutorial and reference guide for the vi editor.
  Upgrade procedures outline steps involved in upgrading software. Release notes describe new features and special considerations (including known software bugs). Release notes and upgrade procedures are provided for both the platform software and the network management software.

Note The upgrade procedures and release notes include important information that was not available when the other documents were printed.
  The LS2020 CLI and GUI network management tools support online help facilities.
  Presents information on internetworking terms and acronyms, including material of interest to users of the LS2020 switch.

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