3Com 4210G manual About This Manual, Organization, Conventions, Chapter Contents

About This Manual

Organization

3Com Switch 4210G Family Getting Started Guide is organized as follows:

	Chapter		Contents
1	Router Overview		Briefly introduces the appearance, system description, as well as
			the features and applications of the 3Com Switch 4210G Family.
			Describes the requirements on installation site, the safety
2	Preparing for Installation		recommendations before and during installation, and the required
			tools.
			Covers the procedures for installing the 3Com Switch 4210G
3	Installing the Switch		Family, ground wire connection, power module installation,
			interface module installation, and so on.
4	Starting and Configuring the		Helps you get familiar with the basic knowledge of how to boot and
			configure the 3Com Switch 4210G Family, including device
Switch
			startup, power-on, and initialization of system files, and so on.
5	Boot ROM and	Host	Introduces how to load Boot ROM and host software for the
Software Loading			3Com Switch 4210G Family.
6	Maintenance	and	Introduces the problems that might occur during the installation
			and the booting of the 3Com Switch 4210G Family and the related
Troubleshooting
			solution.

Conventions

The manual uses the following conventions:

Command conventions

Convention	Description
Boldface	The keywords of a command line are in Boldface.
italic	Command arguments are in italic.
[ ]	Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x y ... }	Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
	One is selected.
[ x y ... ]	Optional alternative items are grouped in square	brackets	and
	separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
{ x y ... } *	Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
	A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x y ... ] *	Optional alternative items are grouped in square	brackets	and
	separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
&<1-n>	The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n
	times.
#	A line starting with the # sign is comments.