Conventions; Documentation Conventions - Nortel Passport 241-5101-200 Installation Manual

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Conventions

There are documentation and symbol conventions used in this document.

Documentation conventions

There are a number of documentation conventions you should know about.
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Uppercase and lowercase letters in commands and parameters must be
matched exactly.
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241-5101-200 R2.2
"Replacing hardware" (page 45).
"LEDs" (page 51).
"Standards" (page 55).
nonproportional spaced plain type
Nonproportional spaced plain type represents system generated text or
text that appears on your screen.
nonproportional spaced bold type
Nonproportional spaced bold type represents words that you should type
or that you should select on the screen.
[
optional_parameter
Words in square brackets represent optional parameters. The command
can be entered with or without the words in the square brackets.
< >
general_term
Words in angle brackets represent variables which are to be replaced with
specific values.
UPPERCASE, lowercase
|
This symbol separates items from which you may select one; for
example, ON|OFF indicates that you may specify ON or OFF.
]