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

xStack® DGS-3420 Series Layer 2+ Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Hardware Installation Reference Guide

Intended Readers

Typographical Conventions

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Safety Instructions
The DGS-3420 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 all the switches in this series will be simply refered to as the Switch throughout this manual. All example
screenshots are taken from the DGS-3420-28SC Switch. In some examples, where we refer to the Power over Ethernet
examples, we'll use the DGS-3420-28PC Switch.
Typographical Conventions
Convention
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Bold font
Boldface Typewriter
Font
Initial capital letter
Italics
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.
Indicates a window name or a field. Also can indicate a variables or parameter that is
replaced with an appropriate word or string. For example: type filename means that the
actual filename should be typed instead of the word shown in italic.
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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