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Installation Overview
This chapter contains the following sections:
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About Cisco Prime Network Registrar, page 1
Overview
This guide describes how to install Cisco Prime Network Registrar Release 9.1 on Windows and Linux
operating systems, and how to install the Cisco Prime Network Registrar Virtual Appliance. You can also see
the following documents for important information about configuring and managing Cisco Prime Network
Registrar:
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For configuration and management procedures for Cisco Prime Network Registrar and Cisco Prime
Network Registrar Virtual Appliance, see the
Cisco Prime Network Registrar 9.1 Administrator Guide
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For details about commands available through the command line interface (CLI), see the
Cisco Prime
Network Registrar 9.1 CLI Reference Guide
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About Cisco Prime Network Registrar
Cisco Prime Network Registrar is a network server suite that automates managing enterprise IP addresses. It
provides a stable infrastructure that increases address assignment reliability and efficiency. It includes (see ).
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server
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Domain Name System (DNS) server
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Caching Domain Name System (CDNS) server
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) server
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server
You can control these servers by using the Cisco Prime Network Registrar web-based user interface (web UI)
or the command line interface (CLI). These user interfaces can also control server clusters that run on different
platforms.
Cisco Prime Network Registrar 9.1 Installation Guide
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