1.4 Conventions; 1.4.1 Format Conventions; 1.4.2 Special Characters; 1.4.3 Parameter Format - TP-Link JetStream T3700G-28TQ Reference Manual

T3700G-28TQ JetStream 28-Port Gigabit Stackable L3 Managed Switch CLI Guide

1.4 Conventions

1.4.1 Format Conventions

The following conventions are used in this Guide:
Items in square brackets [ ] are optional
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Items in braces { } are required
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Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. For example: speed
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{10 | 100 | 1000 }
Bold indicates an unalterable keyword. For example: show logging
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Normal Font indicates a constant (several options are enumerated and only one can be
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selected). For example: switchport type { access | trunk | general }
Italic Font indicates a variable (an actual value must be assigned). For example: bridge
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aging-time aging-time

1.4.2 Special Characters

You should pay attentions to the description below if the variable is a character string:
These six characters " < > , \ & can not be input.
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If a blank is contained in a character string, single or double quotation marks should be used,
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for example 'hello world', "hello world", and the words in the quotation marks will be identified
as a string. Otherwise, the words will be identified as several strings.

1.4.3 Parameter Format

Some parameters must be entered in special formats which are shown as follows:
MAC Address must be entered in the format of xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
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One or several values can be typed for a port-list or a vlan-list using comma to separate. Use
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a hyphen to designate a range of values, for instance 1, 3-5,7 indicates choosing 1,3,4,5,7.
The port number should format as 1/0/3, meaning unit/slot/port. The unit number represents
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the unit ID of the switch in the stack. The slot number is either 0 or 1, with 0 representing ports
on the front panel and 1 representing the two ports on the Interface Card inserted into the
back panel. The port number is a variable (an actual value must be assigned).
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