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SmartWare Software Configuration Guide

Typographical conventions used in this document

This section describes the typographical conventions and terms used in this guide.

General conventions

In this guide we use certain typographical conventions to distinguish elements of commands and examples. In
general, the conventions we use conform to those found in IEEE POSIX publications. The procedures
described in this manual use the following text conventions:
Convention
Garamond blue type
Futura bold type
Futura bold-italic type
Italicized Futura type
Garamond italic type
Garamond bold type
< >
[ ]
{a | b | c}
node
node
#
Table 1. General conventions
Indicates a cross-reference hyperlink that points to a figure, graphic, table, or
section heading. Clicking on the hyperlink jumps you to the reference. When
you have finished reviewing the reference, click on the Go to Previous
View button in the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader toolbar to return to your
starting point.
Commands and keywords are in boldface font.
Parts of commands, which are related to elements already named by the
user, are in boldface italic font.
Variables for which you supply values are in italic font
Indicates the names of fields or windows.
Indicates the names of command buttons that execute an action.
Angle brackets indicate function and keyboard keys, such as <shift>,
<ctrl>, <c>, and so on.
Elements in square brackets are optional.
Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and are sepa-
rated by vertical bars ( | )
The leading IP address or nodename of a SmartNode is substituted with
node in boldface italic font.
The leading node on a command line represents the nodename of the
SmartNode
An hash sign at the beginning of a line indicates a comment line.
Meaning
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