3Com 2928 - Baseline Plus Switch PWR, User Manual

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Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in
Boldface
.
italic
Command arguments are in
italic
.
[ ] Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
One is selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
&<1-n>
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n
times.
# A line starting with the # sign is comments.
GUI conventions
Convention Description
< > Button names are inside angle brackets. For example, click <OK>.
[ ]
Window names, menu items, data table and field names are inside
square brackets. For example, pop up the [New User] window.
/
Multi-level menus are separated by forward slashes. For example,
[File/Create/Folder].
Symbols
Convention Description
Means reader be extremely careful. Improper operation may cause
bodily injury.
Means reader be careful. Improper operation may cause data loss or
damage to equipment.
Means a complementary description.