Table Of Contents

Preface

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Document Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This preface describes the audience and organization of the Cisco C-Series Servers Troubleshooting Guide. It also provides document conventions and information on how to obtain related documentation.

This preface contains the following topics:

•Audience

•Organization

•Related Documentation

•Document Conventions

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This troubleshooting guide is designed for users who are responsible for the following:

•Implementing Cisco C-Series Servers

•Managing Cisco C-Series Servers

Organization

This troubleshooting guide is organized into the following chapters:

•Chapter 1 "Introduction"

•Chapter 2 "Troubleshooting Server Hardware or Software Issues"

Related Documentation

The documentation set for the Cisco Unified Computing System is available at this location:

•Cisco C-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use these conventions:

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
[ x | y | z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Screen examples use these conventions:

screen font	Terminal sessions and information that the switch displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information that you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

This document uses the following conventions:

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

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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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