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Indicates command names, options, and text that
you must enter.
Example: Use the dinfo command.
Example: Enter show ip {alerts|routes}.
Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions
where there is more than one option. You must
choose only one of the options. Do not type the
braces when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip {alerts|routes}, you must enter
either show ip alerts or show ip routes,
but not both.
Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions.
Do not type the brackets when entering the
command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip interfaces [-alerts], you can
enter either show ip interfaces or show ip
interfaces -alerts.
Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is
ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>]...,
you enter ethernet/2/1 and as many
parameter-value pairs as needed.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300
Troubleshooting
NN46200-704 01.01 Standard
4.0 29 October 2007