Nortel Networks 8600 manual Text conventions, Angle brackets, Bold or Bold Courier text, ping

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Text conventions

This section describes the text conventions used in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 documentation.

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•“Angle brackets ” (page 33)

•“Bold or Bold Courier text” (page 33)

•“Braces” (page 34)

•“Brackets” (page 34)

•“Ellipses” (page 34)

•“Italic text” (page 34)

•“Plain Courier text” (page 34)

•“Separator” (page 34)

•“Vertical bar” (page 35)

•“cr convention” (page 35)

Angle brackets

Angle brackets (< >) indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the description inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets when you enter the command.

Example: If the command syntax is ping <ip_address>, you enter

ping 192.32.10.12

Bold or Bold Courier text

Bold or Bold Courier text indicates command names, options, and text that you need to enter.

Example: Use the info command.

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NN46205-103 01.01 Standard

19 May 2008

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