This section discusses the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Protocol Translation Configuration Guide and Command Reference.
This manual describes the tasks and the commands necessary to configure and maintain protocol translation in one or more of the following environments: Local Area Transport (LAT), TN3270, Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) or Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), XRemote, or TCP (Telnet). For information about routing X.25 and TCP/IP, refer to the Router Products Configuration Guide and the Router Products Command Reference publication.
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This publication is intended for users who are responsible for configuring and maintaining a router running protocol translation. This publication provides the following levels of audience support:
- A task-oriented portion that includes task overviews, expanded descriptions of tasks, and comprehensive configuration examples for less-experienced users who need to understand the tasks as well as the commands.
- A command reference portion and appendixes for experienced users who just need reference information to complete a task. This portion describes tasks only in the context of using a particular command; it does not describe how the tasks interrelate or provide comprehensive configuration examples.
All users should have prior networking experience and should be familiar with their own network topologies.
This publication is divided into three main parts, each identified by a divider page, as follows:
- Part 1, "Configuring Protocol Translation"--An overview chapter and six chapters that provide task overviews, expanded descriptions of tasks, and comprehensive configuration examples.
- Part 2, "Protocol Translation Command Reference"--Six chapters that provide in-depth descriptions of the commands necessary for configuring and maintaining your router as a protocol translator. The chapters in Part 2 parallel the chapters in Part 1.
- Appendixes--Five appendixes that provide reference information related to the use of the commands.
For information on the following topics, refer to the applicable chapters in the Router Products Configuration Guide and the Router Products Command Reference publications:
- Understanding the user interface
- Loading system images, microcode images, and configuration files
- Configuring terminal sessions and modem support
- Managing the system
- Configuring interfaces
- Configuring Frame Relay
- Configuring Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS)
- Configuring X.25
- Configuring TCP/IP
This publication uses the following conventions:
- Ctrl and the symbol ^ represent the key labeled Control.
- For example, the combination Ctrl-D means hold down the Control key while you press the
D key.
- A string is defined as a nonquoted set of characters.
- For example, when setting up a community string for SNMP to "public," do not use quotes around the string, or the string will include the quotation marks.
Command descriptions use these conventions:
- Vertical bars ( | ) separate alternative, mutually exclusive, elements.
- Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional elements.
- Braces ({ }) indicate a required choice.
- Braces within square brackets ([{ }]) indicate a required choice within an optional element.
- Boldface indicates commands and keywords that are entered literally as shown.
- Italics indicate arguments for which you supply values; in contexts that do not allow italics, arguments are enclosed in angle brackets (< >).
Examples use these conventions:
- Examples that contain system prompts denote interactive sessions, indicating that the user enters commands at the prompt. The system prompt indicates the current command mode. For example, the prompt
CPT(config)# indicates global configuration mode.
- Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in
screen font.
- Information you enter is in
boldface screen font.
- Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets (< >).
- Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets ([ ]).
- Exclamation points (!) at the beginning of a line indicate a comment.
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reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual.
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