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This chapter describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View User Guide. It also points to related publications and sources of information.
This guide tells you how to use CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View to display the routers and Systems Network Architecture (SNA) resources in a data-link switching (DLSw), Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN), TN3270, or remote source-route bridging (RSRB) network.
For last-minute information about using the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and
SNA View applications, see the Release Notes for CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Software Release 3.0.
This guide is for the workstation user who uses CiscoWorks Blue software to examine and manage the topology of SNA resources running over a TCP/IP network. The reader should be familiar with the following topics:
This guide is divided into the following chapters and appendixes:
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Note For installation and configuration information, troubleshooting procedures, and descriptions of error messages, use the CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View Workstation Installation and Administration Guide. |
This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Examples use these conventions:
screen font, with default responses in square brackets ([ ]).
This publication also uses the following conventions:
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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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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in the manual. |
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Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data. |
The CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View documentation set includes the following documentation:
CiscoWorks Blue Maps and SNA View includes an online help system that allows users to access different levels of help information. The system provides overviews, related information, procedures, and glossary data on the CiscoWorks Blue applications and features. It contains both keyword and full-text search capabilities to enable users to search for specific text within the online help system.
Cisco Connection Online (CCO) is Cisco Systems' primary, real-time support channel. Maintenance customers and partners can self-register on CCO to obtain additional information and services.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, CCO provides a wealth of standard and value--added services to Cisco's customers and business partners. CCO services include product information, product documentation, software updates, release notes, technical tips, the Bug Navigator, configuration notes, brochures, descriptions of service offerings, and download access to public and authorized files.
CCO serves a wide variety of users through two interfaces that are updated and enhanced simultaneously: a character-based version and a multimedia version that resides on the World Wide Web (WWW). The character-based CCO supports Zmodem, Kermit, Xmodem, FTP, and Internet e-mail, and it is excellent for quick access to information over lower bandwidths. The WWW version of CCO provides richly formatted documents with photographs, figures, graphics, and video, as well as hyperlinks to related information.
You can access CCO in the following ways:
For a copy of CCO's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), contact cco-help@cisco.com. For additional information, contact cco-team@cisco.com.
You can access the CiscoWorks Blue web page using the following URL:
Posted: Mon Sep 4 13:45:11 PDT 2000
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