What's New In This Document; Document Conventions; Text Formatting; Command Syntax Conventions - Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX900 Hardware Reference Manual

What's new in this document

This is a new document. For further information, see the Brocade release notes for the Fabric OS
released with this product.

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:
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
letter case: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command letter case is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.

Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command
option, option
--
argument, arg
-
[ ]
variable
...
value
|
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bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
text Identifies CLI output
code
Identifies command syntax examples
Commands are printed in bold.
Command options are printed in bold.
Arguments.
Optional element.
Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
Repeat the previous element, for example "member[;member...]"
Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
show WWN
--
Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: show mode egress | ingress
-- -
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