3Com 3500 manual Recommendations For Entering Commands, Throughout this guide, Icon Description

Conventions 23

Recommendations

for Entering

Commands

■Procedure — Numbered steps walk you through complex commands.

■Example — Examples show the interactive display when the system provides additional useful information.

Before you enter any command, 3Com recommends that you:

■Examine the system menu carefully for the full command string:

■Consult the documentation for the valid minimum abbreviation for the command string.

If you are unfamiliar with a particular system, always enter the entire command, even though the system accepts abbreviated commands. If you abbreviate commands, you may make errors or omissions that have undesirable consequences.

For example, on the CoreBuilder 9000, to list all addresses for a port, you use the bridge port address list all command. If you mistakenly enter bridge port address all, the system interprets it as an abbreviated version of the bridge port address flushAll command, which flushes the entire address table for the port and does not request that you confirm the command.

Conventions	Table 2 and Table 3 list icon and text conventions that are used
	throughout this guide.
	Table 2 Notice Icons

Icon	Notice Type	Description
	Information note	Information that describes important features or
		instructions
	Caution	Information that alerts you to potential loss of data
		or potential damage to an application, system, or
		device
	Warning	Information that alerts you to potential personal
		injury