xl PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in bold:
for example, show version.

Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:

Notes, cautions, and danger notices

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
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
TABLE 2 Command syntax conventions
Convention Description
bold face font Commands and keywords.
italic Variables for which you supply values.
[ ] Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are
optional.
{x | y | z} A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical
bars. You must select one.
screen font Examples of information displayed on the screen.
<> Nonprinting characters, for example passwords, appear in angle
brackets
[ ] Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.