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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">[Introduction](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461962)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461962)
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*About Automatic Failover*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461976)</span>
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">Running</span>* *<span style="color: #0000ff">Network</span>* *<span style="color: #0000ff">Discovery</span>*
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Data](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Collection](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Techniques](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461968)
- *<span style="color: #0000ff">[Creating](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Admin](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[and](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[User](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Accounts](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461918)</span>*
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*NetMRI User Authentication and Authorization*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461966)</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">[*Document Overview*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461922)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Documentation Conventions*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461922/Document+Overview#DocumentOverview-bookmark3)</span>
- <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Related Documentation*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461920)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Customer Care*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461970)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*User Accounts *](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461970/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark8)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Software Upgrades*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461970/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark9)</span>
  - <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Technical Support*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI733/pages/23461970/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark10)</span>

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