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Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide
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Preface
Conventions
Conventions
This section describes the following conventions used by this guide:
• Command Syntax
• Examples
• Keyboard
• Notes, Timesavers, Tips, Cautions, and Warnings
Command Syntax
Descriptions of command syntax use the following conventions:
Examples
Examples use the following conventions:
Convention Description
boldface Indicates commands and keywords that are entered literally as shown.
italics Indicates arguments for which you supply values; in contexts that do not allow
italics, arguments are enclosed in angle brackets (< >).
[x] Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are optional.
{x | y | z} A choice of required keywords (represented by x, y, and z) appears in braces
separated by vertical bars. You must select one.
[x {y | z}] Braces and vertical bars within square brackets indicate a required choice
within an optional element. You do not need to enter the optional element. If
you do, you have some required choices.
Convention Description
screen
Shows an example of information displayed on the screen.
boldface screen
Shows an example of information that you must enter.
< >
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, appear in angled brackets.
!
Exclamation points at the beginning of a line indicate a comment line.
Exclamation points are also displayed by the Cisco IOS software for certain
processes.
[ ]
Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.
prompt>
prompt#
Examples that contain system prompts denote interactive sessions, indicating
the commands that you should enter at the prompt. The system prompt
indicates the current level of the EXEC command interpreter. For example, the
prompt router> indicates that you should be at the user level, and the prompt
router# indicates that you should be at the privileged level. Access to the
privileged level usually requires a password.
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