Dell PowerEdge 2300 User Manual page 9

Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe
changes to the system or software. Always read these updates before consulting
any other documentation because the updates often contain information that super-
sedes the information in the other documents.
The following subsections list notational conventions used in this document.
Throughout this guide, there may be blocks of text printed in bold type within boxes
or in italic type. These blocks are warnings, cautions, and notes, and they are used as
follows:
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of
your computer system.
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven-
tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
Keycaps , the labeling that appears on the keys on a keyboard, are enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other-
wise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Del>
Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are
not intended to be typed at that particular point in the discussion.
Example: "Use the format command to. . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are intended to be typed
as part of an instruction.
Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."
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