Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions:

∙The Return key, which you must press to execute all commands, is not shown in command line displays.

∙The Local> prompt, which appears in most examples, is the default access server prompt. You can change this prompt to something other than Local> with the SET/DEFINE/CHANGE SERVER PROMPT command.

∙All numbers are expressed in decimal notation unless otherwise noted.

∙All Ethernet addresses are shown in hexadecimal notation.

Convention

Meaning

 

 

Monospaced

Monospaced type in command examples indicates system

 

output or user input. User input is in boldfaced text.

UPPERCASE

Uppercase text in command lines indicates keywords that

TEXT

must be entered. You can enter them in either uppercase or

 

lowercase. You can abbreviate command keywords to the

 

first three characters or to the minimum unique abbreviation.

lowercase

Lowercase italics in command syntax indicates variables for

italics

which either the user or the network access server supplies a

 

value.

{ }

Braces in the command syntax indicate that you must choose

 

one of the enclosed options. (Do not type the braces.)

[ ]

Brackets in the command syntax indicate that the enclosed

 

values are optional. You can enter one or none. (Do not type

 

the brackets.)

UPPERCASE

Uppercase boldface text in summaries of characteristics

BOLD

indicates default values.

lowercase bold

Terms in bold face type are defined in the glossary.

Ctrl/n

This syntax indicates a keying sequence for which you must

 

hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the key specified by

 

the variable n.

/

A slash indicates related alternate commands or options. For

 

example, SET/DEFINE/CHANGE PORT refers to the SET

 

PORT, DEFINE PORT, and CHANGE PORT commands.

 

The slash (/) is not part of the command syntax.

 

 

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