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Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional managing the Cisco Metro Ethernet (ME) 3400 Series
Ethernet Access switch, hereafter referred to as the switch. Before using this guide, you should have
experience working with the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of
Ethernet and local area networking.
Purpose
This guide provides procedures for using the commands that have been created or changed for use with
the Cisco ME 3400 switch. It does not provide detailed information about these commands. For detailed
information about these commands, see the Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Command Reference
for this release. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.2 commands, see the Cisco
IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support > Technical
Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release 12.2 from the Cisco IOS
Software drop-down list.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter or how to install your switch. For
more information, see the Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch System Message Guide for this release
and the Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Hardware Installation Guide.
For the latest documentation updates, see the release notes for this release.
Conventions
This publication uses these conventions to convey instructions and information:
Command descriptions use these conventions:
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Commands and keywords are in boldface text.
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic.
Square brackets ([ ]) mean optional elements.
Braces ({ }) group required choices, and vertical bars ( | ) separate the alternative elements.
Braces and vertical bars within square brackets ([{ | }]) mean a required choice within an optional
element.
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