Intended Readers; Typographical Conventions; Notes, Notices And Cautions; Safety Instructions - D-Link xStack DGS-3420 Series Reference Manual

xStack® DGS-3420 Series Layer 2 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Web UI Reference Guide

Intended Readers

Typographical Conventions

Notes, Notices and Cautions

Safety Instructions

General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
The DGS-3420 Series Web UI Reference Guide contains information for setup and management of the Switch.
This manual is intended for network managers familiar with network management concepts and terminology.
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.
Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system from
potential damage. Throughout this safety section, the caution icon (
precautions that need to be reviewed and followed.
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.
) is used to indicate cautions and
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