About This Document
In this chapter
Audience
This manual is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer
3 switching and routing.
You should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF,
IS-IS, BGP4, MBGP, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, IPX, AppleTalk, FSRP, VRRP, and VRRPE.
Supported hardware and software
The following hardware platform is supported by this release of this guide:
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Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
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Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
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Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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Getting technical help or reporting errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
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