Contents

1 Introduction
2 Installation
	2.1 Installation from RPM
		2.1.1 Verifying Installation
	2.2 Installing from Binaries
	2.3 Building from Sources
3 Percival Operation Basics
	3.1 Starting/Stopping Percival
	3.2 Percival Daemons (Services) and Commands
		3.2.1 Controlling Daemons with Overlord
		3.2.2 Common Command Line Options
		3.2.3 Commands
	3.3 Managing Devices
		3.3.1 Configuration Database Basics
		3.3.2 konfne Basics
		3.3.3 Managing User Profiles
		3.3.4 Automatic Configuration of Network Devices
		3.3.5 Standard Device Options
		3.3.6 Configuring Generic MIB2 Device
		3.3.7 Configuring CISCO Equipment
			3.3.7.1 Cisco Routers
			3.3.7.2 Cisco IOS Switches
			3.3.7.3 Cisco Catalyst Switches
		3.3.8 Configuring Linux
		3.3.9 Configuring Windows 2000
		3.3.10 Configuring Windows NT
		3.3.11 Configuring Reports
		3.3.12 Configuring Totals
	3.4 Logfiles
	3.5 Backup Procedures
	3.6 Upgrading the system