Document Conventions; Text Formatting; Command Syntax Conventions; Notes, Cautions, And Danger Notices - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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 as follows:
bold text
italic text
code
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold: for
example, show version.

Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command and
parameters
[ ]
variable
...
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Notes, cautions, and danger notices

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.
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Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies document titles
text Identifies CLI output
Commands and parameters are printed in bold.
Optional parameter.
Variables are printed in italics enclosed in angled brackets < >.
Repeat the previous element, for example "member[;member...]"
Choose from one of the parameters.
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