Text Formatting; Command Syntax Conventions; Notes, Cautions, And Danger Notices - Brocade Communications Systems FastIron CX Installation Manual

Text formatting

The following narrative-text formatting conventions are used in this guide.
bold text
italic text
code
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold: for
example, show version. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase. Otherwise,
this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case sensitive.

Command syntax conventions

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The following conventions apply to the command syntax in this guide.
command and
parameters
[ ]
variable
...
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Notes, cautions, and danger notices

The following note, cautions, and danger statements are used in this manual. They are listed here
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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