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About This Guide

The CoreBuilder 9000 Enterprise Management Engine User Guide provides instructions for installing and managing the 3Com CoreBuilder® 9000 Enterprise Management Engine (EME), and provides troubleshooting guidelines.

This guide is intended for the following people at your site:

Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.

Table 1 Notice Icons

Icon

Notice Type

Description

Information note

Information that describes important features or instructions

Caution

Information that alerts you to potential loss of data or potential damage to an application, system, or device

Warning

Information that alerts you to potential personal injury

Table 2 Text Conventions

Convention

Description

Screen displays

This typeface represents information as it appears on the screen.

Syntax

The word "syntax" means that you must evaluate the syntax provided and then supply the appropriate values for the placeholders that appear in angle brackets. Example:

To enable RIPIP, use the following syntax:

SETDefault !<port> -RIPIP CONTrol = Listen

In this example, you must supply a port number for <port>.

Commands

The word "command" means that you must enter the command exactly as shown and then press Return or Enter. Commands appear in bold. Example:

To remove the IP address, enter the following command:

SETDefault !0 -IP NETaddr = 0.0.0.0

The words "enter" and "type"

When you see the word "enter" in this guide, you must type something, and then press Return or Enter. Do not press Return or Enter when an instruction simply says "type."

Keyboard key names

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a plus sign (+). Example:

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del

Words in italics

Italics are used to:

Related Documents

This section provides information about supporting documentation, including:

CoreBuilder 9000 Documents

The following documents compose the CoreBuilder 9000 documentation set. Documents are available in three forms:

To order a paper copy of a document that you see on the CD, or to order additional CDs, contact your 3Com representative, or call the 3Com Customer Call Center at (800) 724-2447 and choose option 3.

For a complete list of all CoreBuilder 9000 documents, see the CoreBuilder 9000 Documentation Overview.

Paper Documents

These documents are shipped with the CoreBuilder 9000 chassis:

These documents are shipped with their individual modules or field-replaceable units:

Documents on CD-ROM

The Documentation CD-ROM contains online versions of the paper guides that are shipped with your chassis and other CoreBuilder 9000 documents in online format only, such as:

World Wide Web Site Documents

Most user guides and release notes are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader Portable Document Format (PDF) or Hypertext markup Language (HTML) from the 3Com World Wide Web support site at:

http://support.3com.com

In the Select Product by Name list under Support Tools, Documents and Information, select CoreBuilder.

3Com Facts Automated Fax Service Documents

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Call 3Com Facts using your Touch-Tone telephone:

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