Document Conventions; Safety And Warnings; Typographic Conventions - SMC Networks D3CM1604 Administrator's Manual

Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions to draw your attention to certain information.

Safety and Warnings

This document uses the following symbols to draw your attention to certain information.
Symbol Meaning
Note
Tip
Warning
Electric Shock Hazard

Typographic Conventions

This document also uses the following typographic conventions.
Convention
Bold Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels.
Italic Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Angled brackets (< >)
are also used to indicate variables.
Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.
screen/code
< > angled Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Italic font is also used to
brackets indicate variables.
[ ] square Indicates optional values.
brackets
{ } braces Indicates required or expected values.
| vertical bar Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments.
D3CM1604 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem Administrator Manual
Preface
Notes emphasize or supplement important points of the main text.
Tips provide helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for performing tasks more
effectively.
Warnings indicate that failure to take a specified action could result in damage to the
device.
This symbol warns users of electric shock hazard. Failure to take appropriate
precautions such as not opening or touching hazardous areas of the equipment could
result in injury or death.
Description
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Description