Table Of Contents

About this Guide

Audience

Document Revision History

Organization

Related Publications

Document Conventions

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

About this Guide

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Revised: May 30, 2007, OL-12491-02

This preface describes who should read the SCA BB SNMP Real-Time Monitoring User Guide , how it is organized, and its document conventions.

This introduction provides information about the following topics:

• Audience

• Document Revision History

• Organization

• Related Publications

• Document Conventions

• Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Audience

This guide is for experienced network administrators who are using Cisco Service Control and the SCA BB application to monitor and control their network.

Document Revision History

Cisco Service Control Release	Part Number	Publication Date
Release 3.1.0	OL-12491-02	May, 2007

Description of Changes

Added capacity information (see The SCA BB Real-Time Monitoring Environment.

Cisco Service Control Release	Part Number	Publication Date
Release 3.0.5	OL-12491-01	November, 2006

Description of Changes

Created the Cisco SCA BB SNMP Real-Time Monitoring User Guide .

Organization

The major sections of this guide are as follows:

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	Chapter 1, "Overview"	Provides an overview of MRTG and RRDTool, and how they are used to monitor a Cisco Service Control network.
Chapter 2	Chapter 2, "Getting Started"	Explains the general procedure for real-time SNMP monitoring and also the general procedure for using the Cisco SCA BB real-time monitoring configuration utility.
Chapter 3	Chapter 3, "The Real-Time Monitoring Configuration Utility"	Explains specific procedures for using the Cisco SCA BB real-time monitoring configuration utility, rtmcmd .
Chapter 4	Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting"	Presents error messages and possible causes of the error.

Related Publications

The following publications are available for the Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband:

Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband User Guide

Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband Reference Guide

Cisco Service Control Application for Broadband Service Configuration API Programmer Guide

Document Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

•Bold is used for commands, keywords, and buttons.

•Italics are used for command input for which you supply values.

•Screen font is used for examples of information that are displayed on the screen.

•Bold screen font is used for examples of information that you enter.

•Vertical bars ( | ) indicate separate alternative, mutually exclusive elements.

•Square brackets ( [ ] ) indicate optional elements.

•Braces ( {} ) indicate a required choice.

•Braces within square brackets ( [{}] ) indicate a required choice within an optional element.

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

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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

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Warning Means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, you must be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents. To see translated versions of warnings, refer to the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information document that accompanied the device.

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Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, 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

Posted: Wed May 30 14:41:06 PDT 2007
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