NetApp NearStore R100, Hardware And Service Manual

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viii Preface
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system efficiently.
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equipment, a system crash, or loss of data.
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injury.
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For example, if the guide says to enter the
arp -d
hostname command, you enter the
characters “arp -d” followed by the actual name
of the host.
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font ◆ Command and daemon names.
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Bold monospace
font
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always shown in lowercase letters, unless you must
type it in uppercase letters for it to work properly.