Table Of Contents

Preface

New and Changed Information

Audience

Conventions

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This document describes Cisco Active Network Abstraction (Cisco ANA) 3.7.1. Cisco ANA serves as an extensible integration platform for network and service management. At its core is a virtual network mediation model that is rich, open, and vendor-neutral, and supports the management of diverse multiservice and multivendor networks. Additionally, ANA provides the following mature NMS functionality:

•Network topology discovery and visualization.

•Element management, providing near real-time inventory.

•Fault management, event correlation, root cause analysis and troubleshooting.

•Network service support.

This preface includes the following topics:

•New and Changed Information

•Audience

•Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

New and Changed Information

describes the information that has been added or changed since the initial release of the Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 User Guide.

Table 1 New and Changed Information in This Guide 

Date Released	Revision	Location
January 31, 2011	Added the following note to the procedure for creating a business tag: Note Business tag names are case-sensitive.	Creating a Business Tag, page 6-3
	Added the following information to the procedure for searching for business tags: The search function is case-insensitive, so entering the string biz tag in the Name field results in business tags with names containing Biz Tag, Biz tag, and biz tag.	Searching for Business Tags and Viewing Their Properties, page 6-4
August 30, 2010	Initial version.	—

Audience

The intended audience for this documentation includes:

•Network viewers who monitor the network and perform basic (nonprivileged) system functions.

•Network operators who perform day-to-day operations such as creating business tags and maps, and managing alarms.

•Network configurators who activate services and configure network elements.

•System administrators who manage and configure users, network elements, the Cisco ANA system, and overall security.

•System managers or administrators who periodically review and manage the events list using Cisco ANA EventVision.

•Networking engineers who are interested in understanding how the Cisco ANA fault and root cause analysis mechanism works. These engineers should have networking knowledge at Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) level, and should have received Cisco ANA basic and administrative training.

Conventions

describes the conventions used in this document.

Table 2 Conventions 

Convention	Description
string	A string is a nonquoted set of characters. For example, when setting an SNMP community string to public, do not use quotation marks around the string, or the string will include the quotation marks.
^ or Ctrl	^ or Ctrl represents the Control key. For example, the key combination ^D or Ctrl-D means hold down the Control key while you press the D key. Alphabetic character keys are indicated in capital letters but are not case sensitive.
< >	Angle brackets show nonprinting characters, such as passwords.
!	An exclamation point at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line.
[ ]	Square brackets show optional elements.
{}	Braces group alternative, mutually exclusive elements that are part of a required choice.
|	A vertical bar, also known as a pipe, separates alternative, mutually exclusive elements of a choice.
boldface font	Button names, commands, keywords, and menu items.
boldface screen font	Courier bold shows an example of text that you must enter.
italic font	Variables for which you supply values.
italic screen font	Variables you enter.
screen font	Courier plain shows an example of information displayed on the screen.
Option > Network Preferences	Choosing a menu item.

Related Documentation

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Note We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

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The following documentation is available for Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1:

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Administrator Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Customization User Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Documentation Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Installation Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Release Notes

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Reference Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Theory of Operations Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 User Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Configuration and Image Management User and Administrator Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction Network Service Activation 1.1 User Guide

Cisco Active Network Abstraction Network Service Activation 1.1 Customization Guide

Open Source Used in Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1

Cisco Active Network Abstraction 3.7.1 Integration Developer Guide is available on the Cisco ANA Technology Center website. This guide describes how to use Cisco ANA integration interfaces.

The Cisco ANA Technology Center is an online resource for additional downloadable Cisco ANA support content, including help for integration developers who use Cisco ANA application programming interfaces (APIs). It provides information, guidance, and examples to help you integrate your applications with Cisco ANA. It also provides a platform for you to interact with subject matter experts. To view the information on the Cisco ANA Technology Center website, you must have a Cisco.com account with partner level access, or you must be a Cisco ANA licensee. You can access the Cisco ANA Technology Center at http://developer.cisco.com/web/ana/home.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, 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

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