Preface; Audience; Document Conventions - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Book Title. It also provides
information on how to obtain related documentation.
This chapter includes the following topics:

Audience

This publication is for experienced network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS on
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Platform switches.

Document Conventions

Note • As part of our constant endeavor to remodel our documents to meet our customers' requirements, we
• The Guidelines and Limitations section contains general guidelines and limitations that are applicable
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
Convention
bold
Italic
[x]
[x | y]
{x | y}
[x {y | z}]
variable
have modified the manner in which we document configuration tasks. As a result of this, you may find
a deviation in the style used to describe these tasks, with the newly included sections of the document
following the new format.
to all the features, and the feature-specific guidelines and limitations that are applicable only to the
corresponding feature.
Description
Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally
as shown.
Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.
Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).
Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical
bar indicate an optional choice.
Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar
indicate a required choice.
Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required
choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar
within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional
element.
Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics
cannot be used.
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