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Textual Conventions
The following table describes typographical conventions in Mellanox documentation. All terms
refer to isolated terms within body text or regular table text unless otherwise mentioned in the
Notes column.
Table 1 - Conventions
Term, Construct, Text
Block
Example
Notes
File name, pathname
/opt/ufm/conf/gv.cfg
Console session (code)
-> flashClear <CR>
Complete sample line or block. Comprises both input and
output. The code can also be shaded.
Linux shell prompt
#
The “#”character stands for the Linux shell prompt.
Mellanox CLI Guest
Mode
Switch >
Mellanox CLI Guest Mode
Mellanox CLI admin
mode
Switch #
Mellanox CLI admin mode
String
< > or []
Strings in < > or [ ] are descriptions of what will actually
be shown on the screen, for example, the contents of
<your ip> could be 192.168.1.1
Management GUI
label, item name
New Network,
New Environment
Management GUI
labels and item names
appear in bold,
whether or not the
name is explicitly dis-
played (for example,
buttons and icons).
User text entered into
Manager, e.g., to assign
as the name of a logical
object
Env1”, “Network1
Note the quotes. The text entered does not include the
quotes.
