Juniper MX960 Hardware Manual page 24

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions (continued)
Convention
Italic text like this
Text like this
< > (angle brackets)
| (pipe symbol)
# (pound sign)
[ ] (square brackets)
Indention and braces ( { } )
; (semicolon)
GUI Conventions
Description
Represents variables (options for
which you substitute a value) in
commands or configuration
statements.
Represents names of configuration
statements, commands, files, and
directories; configuration hierarchy
levels; or labels on routing platform
components.
Encloses optional keywords or
variables.
Indicates a choice between the
mutually exclusive keywords or
variables on either side of the symbol.
The set of choices is often enclosed
in parentheses for clarity.
Indicates a comment specified on the
same line as the configuration
statement to which it applies.
Encloses a variable for which you can
substitute one or more values.
Identifies a level in the configuration
hierarchy.
Identifies a leaf statement at a
configuration hierarchy level.
Examples
Configure the machine's domain
name:
[edit]
root@# set system domain-name
domain-name
To configure a stub area, include
the stub statement at the [edit
protocols ospf area area-id]
hierarchy level.
The console port is labeled
CONSOLE.
stub <default-metric metric>;
broadcast | multicast
(string1 | string2 | string3)
rsvp { # Required for dynamic MPLS
only
community name members [
community-ids ]
[edit]
routing-options {
static {
route default {
nexthop address;
retain;
}
}
}
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