Preface 5
Installation and Maintenance Guide

Text conventions

This guide use s the following text conventions:

Acronyms

These are the acronyms used in this document.
bold Courier text Indica tes c ommand n ames and options a nd text that you n eed to enter i n
a com ma nd-lin e inter face.
Example: Use the dinfo command.
Example: Enter show ip {alerts|routes}.
ita lic t ext Indicates file and directory names, ne w terms, book titles, Web
addresse s, a nd variables in command syntax descriptions.
bold text Indica tes c ommand names, s creen titles , options an d text for a gra phical
user int er face (G UI).
angle brackets (< >) Indicates a ke yboard key press or simultaneous key presses, i.e.
<ENTER> or <CTRL j>
or when part of a command string, indicates tha t a variable is to be
entered.
Example: <I P addres s>, where the informat ion to be enter ed at that
point is the specific information for the required field, in this case, a
speci fi c IP addre ss.
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 inter face module
CAP Central answering position
CIR Committed information rate
CLID Calling line identification
CSMA /CD Carri er sens e mu lt iple acces s/c o llis ion det ect
CSU Channel service unit
CTM Calling line trunk module
DECT Digital enhanc ed cordless telecommuni cations
DIMM Dual in-line memory modul e
DLCI Data link connection inde ntifier