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CAUTION:
Alerts you to the risk of personal injury, system damage, or loss of data.
WARNING:
Warns you that failure to take or avoid a specific action might result in
personal injury or a malfunction of the hardware or software. Be aware of the hazards
involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing
accidents before you work on any equipment.
Typography
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.
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 displayed (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.
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