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title: "Part 1  Introducing and Configuring NetMRI"
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This section introduces you to NetMRI and gives a guided tour of the software, installation, and key features.

Vital aspects of a NetMRI deployment include understanding NetMRI's unique Discovery feature set, defining administrative user accounts, and setting up security.

  
This section includes the following chapters:

- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Introduction</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746860)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746860)
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>About Automatic Failover</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746856)</span>
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Running</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746862)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746862)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Network</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746862)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746862)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Discovery</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746862)</span>*<u> </u>
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Data</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Collection</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Techniques</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746811)
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Creating</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Admin</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>and</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>User</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)</span>*[<u> </u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[<u>Accounts</u>](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746821)</span>*
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>NetMRI User Authentication and Authorization</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746819)</span>

# Preface

This preface describes the document conventions of this guide, and describes how to find product information, including accessing Infoblox Technical Support. It includes the following sections:

- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Document Overview</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746977)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Documentation Conventions</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746977/Document+Overview#DocumentOverview-bookmark3)</span>
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Related Documentation</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746961)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Customer Care</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746979)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>User Accounts </u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746979/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark8)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Software Upgrades</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746979/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark9)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*<u>Technical Support</u>*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IBNMRI742AG/pages/12746979/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark10)</span>

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