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About This Manual
Welcome to the reference manual for the Cisco MGX™ 8220 edge concentrator Release 4.1.
This section discusses:
• Objectives
• Audience
• Cisco WAN Switching Product Name Change
• Related Documentation
• Conventions
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Objectives
This publication will describe the features, functions, construction and operation of the Cisco
MGX™ 8220 edge concentrator Release 4.1. Details of the MGX 8220 Command Line Interface
and the formats of all the commands are now in a separate MGX 8220 Command Supplement.
Audience
This publication is designed for the person installing the MGX 8220 shelf, who should be familiar
with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and have experience as an electronic or
electromechanical technician. It is also intended for the network administrator who will configure
the
MGX 8220 shelf. The installers and network administrators should also be familiar with Cisco
switches, Frame Relay connections, and Cisco wide area networks. During the initial installation of
an MGX 8220 shelf, it is also helpful to have a system administrator on-hand who is familiar with
your network and UNIX servers.