About This Document

Audience

This document is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing.

If you are using a Dell Layer 3 Switch, you should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, and VRRP.

Supported hardware and software

The following hardware platform is supported in this release:

PowerConnect B-FCX624s

PowerConnect B-FCX648s

PowerConnect B-FCX624

PowerConnect B-FCX648

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document.

Text formatting

The following narrative-text formatting conventions are used in this guide.

bold text

Identifies command names

 

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements

 

Identifies keywords

 

Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

italic text

Provides emphasis

 

Identifies variables

 

Identifies document titles

code text

Identifies CLI output

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Dell B-FCX manual Audience, Supported hardware and software, Document conventions, Text formatting, Bold text