Preface

About This Book

This guide provides the information you need to configure the IOLAN using the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Intended Audience

This guide is for administrators who will be configuring the IOLAN.

Some prerequisite knowledge is needed to understand the concepts and examples in this guide:

zIf you are using an external authentication application(s), working knowledge of the authentication application(s).

zKnowledge of TFTP, the transfer protocol the IOLAN uses.

Typeface Conventions

Most text is presented in the typeface used in this paragraph. Other typefaces are used to help you identify certain types of information. The other typefaces are:

Typeface Example

Usage

 

 

At the C: prompt, type:

This typeface is used for code examples and

add host

system-generated output. It can represent a line you type

 

in, or a piece of your code, or an example of output.

Set the value to TRUE.

The typeface used for TRUE is also used when referring to

 

an actual value or identifier that you should use or that is

 

used in a code example.

subscribe project subject

run yourcode.exec

The italicized portion of these examples shows the typeface used for variables that are placeholders for values you specify. This is found in regular text and in code examples as shown. Instead of entering project, you enter your own value, such as stock_trader, and for yourcode, enter the name of your program.

IOLAN DS Family User’s Guide

This typeface indicates a book or document title.

 

 

See About This Book on page 11 for

This indicates a cross-reference to another chapter or

more information.

section that you can click on to jump to that section.

 

 

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Perle Systems 5500208-43 manual Preface, About This Book, Intended Audience

5500208-43 specifications

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