About This Guide

It is assumed that you have a basic understanding of network design, operation, and terminology, and that you are familiar with your own network configuration. It is also assumed that you have a basic familiarity with UNIX and have read and understood the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide and the Cisco 6400 Service Connection Manager (SCM) User Guide.

The following terms apply to how you use the mouse with your system:

• pointer--Indicates where the mouse action is to occur

• select--To push and hold down the left mouse button

• release--To let up on a mouse button to initiate an action

• click--To select and release a mouse button without moving the pointer

• double-click--To click a mouse button twice quickly without moving the pointer

• drag--To move the pointer by sliding the mouse with one or more buttons selected

The Cisco EMF software supports a three-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:

• Left button--Selects objects and activates controls

• Middle button--Adjusts a selected group of objects, adding to or deselecting part of the group

• Right button--Displays and selects from menus

This guide uses this terminology throughout (even though it is possible for individual users to customize their devices to use the buttons in an alternative manner).

In situations that allow more than one item to be selected from a list simultaneously, the following actions are supported:

• To select a single item in a list, click on the entry. Clicking a second time on a previously selected entry deselects it.

• To select a contiguous block of items, click on the first entry; then, without releasing the mouse button, drag to the last desired entry and release. (A subsequent click anywhere on the screen deselects all previous selections.)

• To extend a currently selected block, hold the Shift key down and click on the entry at the end of the group to be added.

• To add a non-contiguous entry to the selection group, hold down the Ctrl (Control) key and click on the entry to be added.

Follow these guidelines when using bold text, courier font, and italics:

• Bold font is also used for keywords, names of commands, and names of keys on the keyboard.

Names of on-screen elements that you click, or select (menu names and commands, and controls such as buttons, drop-down lists, and so on) are printed in bold font.

• Text displayed as on-screen examples is printed in courier font.

• When set off from the main text, words and characters you should enter by the keyboard are printed in bold font. When the word or character string is enclosed in angle brackets (< and >), you should substitute your own character string for the example presented in the text.

• The italic style is used to emphasize words, to introduce new terms, and for titles of printed publications (however, not titles of CD-ROMs or disks).

For example, when you see: login: root, you should specify the string root at the login prompt. However, when you see: password: <rootpassword> you should specify your own password in place of the character string <rootpassword>.