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About Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE Software
Documentation
Last updated: December 10, 2008
This document describes the objectives, audience, conventions, and organization used in Cisco IOS and
Cisco IOS XE software documentation, collectively referred to in this document as Cisco IOS
documentation
.
Also included are resources for obtaining technical assistance, additional
documentation, and other information from Cisco. This document is organized into the following
sections:
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Documentation Objectives, page i
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Audience, page i
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Documentation Conventions, page ii
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Documentation Organization, page iii
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Additional Resources and Documentation Feedback, page xi
Documentation Objectives
Cisco IOS documentation describes the tasks and commands available to configure and maintain Cisco
networking devices.
Audience
The Cisco IOS documentation set is intended for users who configure and maintain Cisco networking
devices (such as routers and switches) but who may not be familiar with the configuration and
maintenance tasks, the relationship among tasks, or the Cisco IOS commands necessary to perform
particular tasks. The Cisco IOS documentation set is also intended for those users experienced with
Cisco IOS who need to know about new features, new configuration options, and new software
characteristics in the current Cisco IOS release.