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Viewing the Online Documentation

Though several books are provided in print form, you will frequently want to refer to the documentation while working online. NerveCenter provides the complete set of books in HTML format. You must have a Web browser to view the HTML documents. You can use either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Using other browsers can limit your ability to take advantage of documentation features such as full-text search. Refer to Release Notes for the browser versions supported with this release.

You can display the HTML documents:

From the Start menu (Windows NT) or by opening the file index.html in a browser (UNIX). The index.html file is located in your installation\docs directory.
By selecting Online Documentation from the Help menu in NerveCenter Client or NerveCenter Administrator.

The following table provides suggestions for viewing the books in Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. See your browser's documentation for exact procedures.

Methods for Getting the Best Results from Your Online Documentation

Netscape Navigator

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Consider hiding one or more of the following:

Navigation toolbar (the online documentation provides its own navigation buttons)
Location toolbar
Personal toolbar

Resize the browser window to a convenient size.

Consider hiding one or more of the following:

Links toolbar
Address Bar toolbar
Status Bar

Set the Explorer Bar to None

Resize the browser window to a convenient size. Note that Internet Explorer offers a Full Screen option as well.

When you have the online documentation displayed in your browser, select the document you want to view from the tree in the left pane. The following illustration shows part of the tree. To expand the tree in your browser, select the closed-folder icons. An open-folder icon indicates that the topic is expanded. To view a topic, select the link to the right of a page icon.

Sample Tree Used to Select Online Documents

To facilitate navigation within the documentation files, each topic provides the name and a hypertext link to its previous and next topic, as well as to the book, chapter, and heading in which the topic is located. This information is displayed at the top of each page.

If you are not sure what book you need, use the full-text search feature to enter one or more terms and then search for topics that contain the text you entered.

Tip Instructions on using the online documentation and search feature can be accessed from the How to use this documentation link in the browser's window.

The following table lists the documents that ship with NerveCenter. Those documents available in print form are noted in the table.

The NerveCenter Library

Book Title	Description	Application	Audience	PDF for Print
Release Notes	Also in print form. Describes the features that are new in NerveCenter 3.7 and includes up-to-date information, software support, corrections, and instructions.	All	All	`relnotes.pdf`
Getting a Quick Start with NerveCenter	Also in print form. Provides a preview prior to installing and configuring NerveCenter for your network. Takes approximately one to two hours to complete. The printed version includes a tear-out monitoring quick reference card.	All	New users	`qckstart.pdf`
Upgrading to NerveCenter 3.7	Also in print form. Explains how to upgrade your current version of NerveCenter to NerveCenter 3.6.	All	Installation team	`upgrading.pdf`
Installing NerveCenter	Also in print form. Helps you plan and carry out your NerveCenter installation. Use the Release Notes in conjunction with this book. The printed version includes a tear-out quick reference card.	All	Installation team	`install.pdf`
Managing NerveCenter	Explains how to customize and tune NerveCenter after it has been installed.	NerveCenter Administrator	Administrator	`managing.pdf`
Integrating NerveCenter with a Network Management Platform	Explains how to integrate NerveCenter with one or more supported network management platforms.	NerveCenter Administrator	Administrator	`integrating.pdf`
Learning How to Create Behavior Models	Also in print form. Provides step-by-step instructions with examples for creating new behavior models. The printed version includes a tear-out behavior model quick reference card.	NerveCenter Client	Users with administrative privileges	`learning.pdf`
Designing and Managing Behavior Models	Explains behavior models in depth, how to create new models or modify existing ones, and how to manage your models.	NerveCenter Client	Users with administrative privileges	`design.pdf`
Monitoring Your Network	Explains how NerveCenter works and how you can monitor your network most effectively.	NerveCenter Client and Web Client	Users	`monitor.pdf`
Behavior Models Cookbook	Describes each behavior model shipped with Open NerveCenter.	NerveCenter Client	Users with administrative privileges	`cookbook.pdf`
Open NerveCenter: Downstream Alarm Suppression	White paper that explains how NerveCenter handles downstream alarm suppression.	NerveCenter Client	Users with administrative privileges	`downstream.pdf`
NerveCenter 3.6: An Overview	White paper that describes the components of NerveCenter and explains how these components interact with each other. You will also learn how NerveCenter interacts with external software, such as a network management platform.	NerveCenter Client and Administrator	Administrator and users with administrative privileges	`NCOverview.pdf`
NerveCenter Integration with Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus	White paper that describes how NerveCenter works with Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus to help enterprises monitor the status of their networks.	NerveCenter Client and Administrator	Administrator and users with administrative privileges	`netcoolIntegrate.pdf`
Quick reference cards	Print form and PDF only. NerveCenter quick reference cards provide convenient reference material for some of the more common NerveCenter tasks. The following cards are provided: Reference for monitoring NerveCenter. The print form is included in Getting a Quick Start with NerveCenter. Reference for installing NerveCenter. The print form is included in Installing NerveCenter. Reference for using behavior models. The print form is included in Learning How to Create Behavior Models. All cards are included in a PDF file for printing. The file is named `quickreference.pdf`. See Printing the Online Documentation for more information.	NerveCenter Client and Administrator	All	`quickreference. pdf`

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Please send comments or corrections to Information Development	This file was last updated on 12 December 2000