Intended Readers; Typographical Conventions; Notes, Notices, And Cautions; Safety Instructions - D-Link xStack DES-3200 Series Installation Manual

xStack® DES-3200 Series Layer 2 Managed Fast Ethernet Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Intended Readers

Typographical Conventions

Notes, Notices, and Cautions

Safety Instructions

Safety Cautions
General Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products
Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
The DES-3200 Series Hardware Installation Guide contains detailed information about the hardware specifications
of a Switch in this series. It also contains brief information on how to configure and manage a Switch in this series.
This manual is intended for advanced level users that are familiar with network management concepts and
terminology. For all practical reasons all the Switches in this series will simply be referred to as the Switch throughout
this manual. All example screenshots are taken from the DES-3200-28P 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 you make better use of your device.
A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you 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 document, the caution icon (
to review and follow.
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 your 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 you
should type the actual filename 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.
) is used to indicate cautions and precautions that you need
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