EX2500 Ethernet Switch Configuration Guide
Documentation Conventions
Table 1 describes the notice icons used in this manual.
Table 2 describes the EX2500 text and syntax conventions.
Table 1: | Notice Icons |
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Icon | Meaning | Description |
| Informational note | Indicates important features or instructions. |
| Caution | Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or |
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| hardware damage. |
| Warning | Alerts you to the risk of personal injury or death. |
| Laser warning | Alerts you to the risk of personal injury from a laser. |
Table 2: EX2500 Text and Syntax Conventions
Convention | Usage | Examples |
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Bold text like this | Names of windows, dialog boxes, buttons, tabs, | Click the Submit button on the bottom of the form. |
| and other objects in a user interface that you |
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| click or select. |
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Bold text like this | In syntax descriptions and | Main# sys |
| examples, text you must type exactly as shown |
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Braces { } | Required elements in syntax that has more | show portchannel |
| than one option. You must choose one of the | (For example, you can enter either show portchannel 3, |
| options. Do not type the braces. | show portchannel hash, or show portchannel |
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| information.) |
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Brackets [ ] | Optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do | copy running config tftp |
| not type the brackets. | (You enter either copy running config tftp |
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| running config tftp |
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Onscreen computer output | ex2500(config)# reload | |
like this |
| Reset will use software “image2”... |
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Italic text like this | Book titles, special terms, and words to be | See the EX2500 Ethernet Switch Command Reference. |
| emphasized |
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<Italic text like this in | Variables in command syntax. Replace the | To establish a Telnet session, enter |
angle brackets> | italic text with the appropriate real name or | host# telnet <IP address> |
| value when entering the command. Do not | |
| (For example, you can enter telnet 192.32.10.12.) | |
| type the brackets. | |
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Plain text like this | Names of commands, files, and directories | View the readme.txt file. |
| used within the text |
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Vertical line | Separates choices for command keywords and |
| arguments. Enter only one choice. Do not type |
| the vertical line. |
copy running config tftp
(You enter either copy running config tftp
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