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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:

- [*Introduction *](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/41912093)
- [*About Automatic Failover*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/41944682)
- [*Running Network Discovery*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/41912260)* *
- [*Data Collection Techniques *](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42076574)
- [*Creating Admin and User Accounts*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42402835)
- [*NetMRI User Authentication and Authorization*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42402800)

# 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:

- [*Document Overview*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42239328)
  - [*Documentation Conventions*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42239328/Document+Overview#DocumentOverview-bookmark3)
- [*Related Documentation*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/41944631)
- [*Customer Care*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42141165)
  - [*User Accounts *](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42141165/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark8)
  - [*Software Upgrades*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42141165/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark9)
  - [*Technical Support*](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NetMRI753/pages/42141165/Customer+Care#CustomerCare-bookmark10)

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