Preface 5

Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

bold Courier text

Indicates command names and options and text that you need to enter in

 

a command-line interface.

 

Example: Use the dinfo command.

 

Example: Enter show ip {alertsroutes}.

italic text

Indicates file and directory names, new terms, book titles, Web

 

addresses, and variables in command syntax descriptions.

bold text

Indicates command names, screen titles, options and text for a graphical

 

user interface (GUI).

angle brackets (< >)

Indicates a keyboard key press or simultaneous key presses, i.e.

 

<ENTER> or <CTRL j>

 

or when part of a command string, indicates that a variable is to be

 

entered.

 

Example: <IP address>, where the information to be entered at that

 

point is the specific information for the required field, in this case, a

 

specific IP address.

Acronyms

These are the acronyms used in this document.

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ASM

Analog station module

AWG

American wire gauge

BIOS

Basic input output system

BPS

Bits per second

BRI

Basic rate interface module

CAP

Central answering position

CIR

Committed information rate

CLID

Calling line identification

CSMA/CD

Carrier sense multiple access/collision detect

CSU

Channel service unit

CTM

Calling line trunk module

DECT

Digital enhanced cordless telecommunications

DIMM

Dual in-line memory module

DLCI

Data link connection indentifier

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