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Prerequisites

The following information describes the prerequisites for working with the vendor certification XML.

• CA Performance Management Data Aggregator Release 2.2.00 or later is required.
• A solid knowledge of "certification" as it is described in the CA Performance Management Data Aggregator Self-Certification Guide is required, and experience using the Vendor Certification wizard.
• An XML editor.

  An XML editor that validates the XML with a schema is recommended. Follow the guidelines of your XML editor for working with the XSD files.

  Note: The examples in this guide were created and validated with XML Notepad 2007 for Windows, which is available as a free download from the Microsoft® Download Center.

• A MIB browser. For example, the free version of iReasoning is supported.
• A connection to a CA Performance Management Data Aggregator server.
• To support the example that we use in this guide, the FRAMERELAY-RFC1315-MIB and the IF-MIB are required.