PowerConnect B-FCX Switch Hardware Installation Guide vii
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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