Notes, Cautions, And Warnings; Key Terms; Additional Information - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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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.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.

Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary.

Additional information

This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
To get up-to-the-minute information, go to
and password.
White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website
at:
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:
Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS
firmware.
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