Document Conventions; Text Formatting; Command Syntax Conventions; Notes, Cautions, And Danger Notices - Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies document titles
text Identifies CLI output
code
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold:
for example, show version.

Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
TABLE 2
Convention
bold face font
italic
[ ]
{x | y | z}
screen font
<>
[ ]

Notes, cautions, and danger notices

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
xl
Command syntax conventions
Description
Commands and keywords.
Variables for which you supply values.
Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are
optional.
A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical
bars. You must select one.
Examples of information displayed on the screen.
Nonprinting characters, for example passwords, appear in angle
brackets
Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.
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