Intended Readers; Typographical Conventions; Notes, Notices, And Cautions - D-Link xStack DGS-3120-48PC Hardware Installation Manual

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xStack DGS-3120 Series Layer 2 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Intended Readers

Typographical Conventions

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Safety Instructions
General Precautions
Electrostatic Discharge
The DGS-3120 Series Hardware Installation Guide contains information for set up and management of the Switch.
This manual is intended for network managers familiar with network management concepts and terminology. For all
practical reasons the DGS-3120-24TC, DGS-3120-24SC, DGS-3120-24SC-DC, DGS-3120-24PC, DGS-3120-48TC,
and DGS-3120-48PC will be simply refered to as the Switch throughout this manual. All example screenshots are
taken from the DGS-3120-24TC Switch. In some examples, where we refer to the Power over Ethernet examples,
we'll use the DGS-3120-24PC Switch.
Typographical Conventions
Convention
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Bold font
Boldface Typewriter
Font
Initial capital letter
Menu Name > Menu
Option
Notes, Notices, and Cautions
A NOTE indicates important information that helps make better use of the device.
A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells how to avoid the
problem.
A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death.
Description
In a command line, square brackets indicate an optional entry. For example: [copy
filename] means that optionally you can type copy followed by the name of the file. Do
not type the brackets.
Indicates a button, a toolbar icon, menu, or menu item. For example: Open the File
menu and choose Cancel. Used for emphasis. May also indicate system messages or
prompts appearing on screen. For example: You have mail. Bold font is also used to
represent filenames, program names and commands. For example: use the copy
command.
Indicates commands and responses to prompts that must be typed exactly as printed
in the manual.
Indicates a window name. Names of keys on the keyboard have initial capitals. For
example: Click Enter.
Menu Name > Menu Option Indicates the menu structure. Device > Port > Port
Properties means the Port Properties menu option under the Port menu option that is
located under the Device menu.
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