3Com 09-1324-000 manual Conventions, List conventions that are used throughout this guide

Conventions

Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.

Table 1

Notice Icons

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Notice Type

Alerts you to...

Information note

Important features or instructions

Caution

Risk of personal safety, system damage, or loss of data

Warning

Risk of severe personal injury

Table 2

Text Conventions

Convention

Description

Syntax

Evaluate the syntax provided and supply the appropriate values.

Placeholders for values you must supply appear in angle brackets.

Example:

Enable RIPIP using:

SETDefault !<port> -RIPIP CONTrol = Listen

In this example, you must supply a port number for <port>.

Commands

Enter the command exactly as shown in text and press the Return or

Enter key. Example:

To remove the IP address, enter:

SETDefault !0 -IP NETaddr = 0.0.0.0

This guide always gives the full form of a command in uppercase and

lowercase letters. However, you can abbreviate commands by

entering only the uppercase letters and the appropriate value.

Commands are not case-sensitive.

Screen displays

This typeface represents information as it appears on the screen.

The words “enter”

When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type

and “type”

something, and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press the

Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.”

[Key] names

Key names appear in text in one of two ways:

■ Referred to by their labels, such as “the Return key” or “the

Escape key”

■ Written with brackets, such as [Return] or [Esc].

If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names

are linked with a plus sign (+). Example:

Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].

Menu commands

Menu commands or button names appear in italics. Example:

and buttons

From the Help menu, select Contents.

Words in italicized

Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place where

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they are defined in the text.

Words in bold-face

Bold text denotes key features.

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