Audience; Document Conventions - Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Configuration Manual

Audience

This guide is for network administrators in charge of managing one or more
PowerConnect 8024, 8024F, 8132, 8132F, 8164, and 8164F switches. To
obtain the greatest benefit from this guide, you should have a basic
understanding of Ethernet networks and local area network (LAN) concepts.

Document Conventions

Table 1-1 describes the typographical conventions this document uses.
Table 1-1. Document Conventions
Convention
Bold
courier font
[ ]
{ }
Italic
<Enter>
CTRL + Z
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Introduction
Description
Page names, field names, menu options, button names, and
CLI commands and keywords.
Command-line text (CLI output) and file names
In a command line, square brackets indicate an optional
entry.
In a command line, inclusive brackets indicate a selection of
compulsory parameters separated by the | character. One
option must be selected. For example: spanning-tree mode
{stp|rstp|mstp} means that for the spanning-tree mode
command you must enter either stp, rstp, or mstp
In a command line, indicates a variable.
Any individual key on the keyboard.
A keyboard combination that involves pressing the Z key
while holding the CTRL key.