Intended Readers; Typographical Conventions; Notes And Cautions; Safety Instructions - D-Link DGS-1210/ME Series Hardware Installation Manual

DGS-1210/ME series Metro Ethernet Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Intended Readers

The DGS-1210/ME Series Hardware Installation Guide contains information for set up and management of
the Switch. This manual is intended for network managers familiar with network management concepts and
terminology. For all practical reasons all the switches in this series will be simply referred to as the Switch
throughout this manual. All example screenshots are taken from the DGS-1210-28/ME Switch.

Typographical Conventions

Convention
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Bold font
Boldface Typewriter
Font
Initial Capital Letter
Italics
Menu Name > Menu
Option

Notes and Cautions

In this guide, the term "Switch" (first letter capitalized) refers to DGS-1210/ME Metro Ethernet Switch, and
"switch" (first letter lower case) refers to other Ethernet switches. Some technologies refer to terms "switch",
"bridge" and "switching hubs" interchangeably, and both are commonly accepted for Ethernet switches.
A NOTE indicates important information that helps make better use of the device.
A CAUTION indicates potential property damage or personal injury.

Safety Instructions

Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system from
potential damage. Throughout this safety section, the caution icon (
precautions that need to be reviewed and followed.

Safety Cautions

To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electrical shock, fire, and damage to the equipment observe the following
precautions:
• Observe and follow service markings.
Do not service any product except as explained in the system documentation.
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Opening or removing covers that are marked with the triangular symbol with a lightning
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Description
In a command line, square brackets indicate an optional entry. For example:
[copy filename] means that optionally you can type copy followed by the name of
the file. Do not type the brackets.
Indicates a button, a toolbar icon, menu, or menu item. For example: Open the
File menu and choose Cancel. Used for emphasis. May also indicate system
messages or prompts appearing on screen. For example: You have mail. Bold
font is also used to represent filenames, program names and commands. For
example: use the copy command.
Indicates commands and responses to prompts that must be typed exactly as
printed in the manual.
Indicates a window name. Names of keys on the keyboard have initial capitals.
For example: Click Enter.
Indicates a window name or a field. Also can indicate a variables or parameter
that is replaced with an appropriate word or string. For example: type filename
means that the actual filename should be typed instead of the word shown in
italic.
Menu Name > Menu Option Indicates the menu structure. Device > Port > Port
Properties means the Port Properties menu option under the Port menu option
that is located under the Device menu.
) is used to indicate cautions and
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