3Com Products Cli Descriptions; Command Conventions - 3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual

[Sysname-ui-vty0-4]
# Configure the authentication method for the VTY user interfaces as needed.
Omitted. For more information, see Login Configuration.
# Configure the command level available to the users that log in through VTY user interfaces 0 through
4. Command level 3 is used as an example, which means that the users can use all commands.
[Sysname-ui-vty0-4]user privilege level 3

3Com Products CLI Descriptions

Command Conventions

Before using commands provided in 3Com product manuals, learn the command conventions to
understand the command meanings.
Commands in 3Com product manuals comply with the following conventions, as described in
Table 1-2 Command conventions
Convention
Boldface
Italic
[ ]
{ x | y | ... }
[ x | y | ... ]
{ x | y | ... } *
[ x | y | ... ] *
&<1-n>
#
3Com command lines are case insensitive.
Take the clock datetime time date command as an example to understand the command meaning
according to Table
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface. Keep keywords
unchanged when typing them in the CLI.
Command arguments are in italic. Replace arguments with actual
values in the CLI.
Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
One is selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n
times.
A line starting with the # sign is comments.
1-2.
Description
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Table 1-2.