Nortel Networks 8683POS manual Text conventions

18Preface

Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

angle brackets (< >)	Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the
	description inside the brackets. Do not type the
	brackets when entering the command.
	Example: If the command syntax is
	ping <ip_address>, you enter
	ping 192.32.10.12
bold Courier text	Indicates command names and options and text that
	you need to enter.
	Example: Use the dinfo command.
	Example: Enter show ip {alertsroutes}.
braces ({})	Indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where
	there is more than one option. You must choose only
	one of the options. Do not type the braces when
	entering the command.
	Example: If the command syntax is
	show ip {alertsroutes}, you must enter either
	show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not both.
brackets ([ ])	Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do
	not type the brackets when entering the command.
	Example: If the command syntax is
	show ip interfaces [-alerts], you can enter
	either show ip interfaces or
	show ip interfaces -alerts.

ellipsis points (. . . )

Indicate that you repeat the last element of the command as needed.

Example: If the command syntax is ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>]... , you enter ethernet/2/1 and as many parameter-value pairs as needed.

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