Conventions; Documentation Conventions - Nortel Passport 8250 Command Line Interface 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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241-5101-201 R2.2
"Provisioning ports and connections" (page 31) explains how to
provision ports and connections.
"Other activities in the CLI" (page 51) explains the other activities you
can perform in the CLI.
"Flash file system" (page 65) describes flash memory and explains how
to download new software.
"Time slots" (page 71) explains how to convert time slots into
hexadecimal format.
"MIBs" (page 79) details the management information bases (MIB) the
Passport 8250 supports.
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.
]