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Preface ForeRunner ATM Switch Modules
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Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions:
• Menu selections and buttons referenced in text appear in bold ; for
example, Configuration or Detail .
• Buttons appear as shadowed boxes when describing their use; for
example:
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Subviews -> Utilities -> Application .
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Terminology
The following terminology is used throughout this guide.
• A Cabletron or FORE Systems ATM switch managed by the ForeRunner
management module software is referred to as the “device.”
• Some SPECTRUM application names have the prefix “Fore,” which
applies to Cabletron as well as FORE Systems devices described in this
guide. For example, “ForeSwitchApp” is the name of an application that is
available to all Cabletron and FORE Systems devices described herein.
(Model types are described in Chapter 1, Introduction . Applications are
described in Chapter 5, Application Views .)
Appendix B
Discovering Your ATM Network
Describes how to create a seed switch model that is
used by SPECTRUM during the AutoDiscovery
process to identify the devices in your network.
Appendix C
Manual Modeling
Describes how to model your network using
manual modeling procedures.
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