Style Conventions; Accessing Help For Commands; Table 2-1 Documentation Conventions - Tut Systems SMS2000 User Manual

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Style Conventions

To facilitate the proper interpretation of command syntax and parameters as you read this
guide, we've applied style conventions to distinguish various elements of the commands,
as well as to show how to use the commands. The style conventions used throughout this
document are described in Table 2-1.

Table 2-1 Documentation Conventions

Convention
boldbase
italic
[ ]
{x | y}
Courier
boldface Courier
Ranges
/

Accessing Help for Commands

There are three ways to access help for commands when you are configuring the
SMS2000:
•
At the command line, enter the command and press <Enter>. If parameters are
required, the command and listed parameters are described.
•
For definitions of the commands, enter help at the prompt.
•
Enter command-name help for additional help.
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Description
Boldface treatment show the actual text that you must enter
For example: show logins
Press Enter to accept the completed command string
Italic treatment indicates that the text is a variable. You must
supply the actual value.
For example:
Square brackets delimit optional keywords or arguments.
For example:
Curly braces delimit two or more required keywords.
For example:
You must use one of the keywords inside the braces. The vertical
bar separates the choices.
Note
you type. If they were in italic, the words are variables for which
you supply the actual values.
Courier plain shows an example of information displayed on the
screen.
Boldface courier shows an example of information you must
type. For example: sms2000% port-definition tut
Ranges of numbers are separated by a dash (1 — 7).
Slash separators, with no spaces are used in some commands,
typically with the variable
ifconfig port_number ip_address/masklen
sms2000% ifconfig 192.168.254.224/31
The ? character can be used interchangeably with the help command.
Note:
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show status dhcp poolname
[file file]
restore {config | web} | original-confi
: In the above case, the keywords are the actual values that
masklen,
g
for example:
P/N 220-06288-20