Document Conventions; Text Formatting; Notes, Cautions, And Warnings - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.

TEXT FORMATTING

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are:
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.

NOTES, CAUTIONS, AND WARNINGS

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
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Fabric Watch—Low Above alarms and System Monitor
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
text Identifies CLI output
code
Identifies command syntax examples
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