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This chapter provides information on the following topics:

Document Objectives

This guide describes the tasks and commands necessary to enable and operate the Cisco Works Blue Internetwork Status Monitor (ISM) for System/390 products.

Audience

This guide is intended for IBM NetView operators who are responsible for monitoring Cisco routers in a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) environment. This guide assumes that you are familiar with the basic concepts and terminology used in internetworking and that you understand the network topology and protocols.

Document Organization

This guide is divided into the following chapters and appendixes:

"Overview of CiscoWorks Blue ISM," provides information about how ISM works and the features and benefits of the ISM product.
"Using ISM," provides an introduction to ISM and its architecture, including starting ISM and navigating in the product.
"Enabling the ISM Environment,"describes how to enable global functions, management applications, and monitoring options.
"Monitoring ISM Resources," describes how to enable ISM to monitor routers.
"Monitoring Interfaces," describes how to enable ISM to monitor the interfaces that are installed in your network routers.
"Monitoring CMCCs," describes how to enable ISM to monitor the Cisco Mainframe Channel Connections (CMCCs) between the mainframe and the router.
"Monitoring DSPU Resources," describes how to enable ISM to monitor routers that are defined as downstream physical unit (DSPU) resources.
"Monitoring TN3270 Servers," describes how to enable ISM to monitor the availability of Cisco TN3270 servers, which reside on the Channel Interface Processors (CIPs) and channel port adapters of Cisco routers.
"ISM Commands," provides a list of available ISM commands, procedures for issuing the commands, and detailed syntax descriptions, notes, and examples.
"ISM Messages," lists each message that the ISM program can generate and provides an explanation and recommended action for each message.
"Servicing and Troubleshooting," describes the ISM service aid utilities that you can use to trace internal ISM data to troubleshoot a problem. This appendix also includes information about how to restore the ISM base administrator profile.
"Network Management Vector Transport Alerts," lists and describes the NMVT alerts generated by Cisco routers.

The terms resource and router are used throughout this documentation. To avoid confusion, be aware that all routers are resources, therefore the term resource encompasses router—whereas the term router is specific.

This guide uses basic conventions to represent text and table information.

Command descriptions in this guide use the following conventions:

Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.
Alternative, but required, keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and separated by a vertical bar (|).

Examples use the following conventions:

Terminal sessions and information that the system displays are printed in a screen font.
Information that you enter is in boldface screen font.
Variables that you enter are printed in italic screen font.
In examples, an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of a line in a router configuration indicates a comment line.

In addition, this guide uses the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual.

Caution Means reader be careful. You are capable of doing something that might result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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

Tips Means the following are useful tips.

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