Preface
• Document conventions...................................................................................................................................................................................17
• Brocade resources............................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
• Contacting Brocade Technical Support....................................................................................................................................................19
• Document feedback.........................................................................................................................................................................................19
Document conventions
The document conventions describe text formatting conventions, command syntax conventions, and important notice formats used in
Brocade technical documentation.
Text formatting conventions
Text formatting conventions such as boldface, italic, or Courier font may be used in the ow of the text to highlight specic words or
phrases.
Format Description
bold text Identies command names
Identies keywords and operands
Identies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identies text to enter at the GUI
italic text Identies emphasis
Identies variables
Identies document titles
Courier font
Identies CLI output
Identies command syntax examples
Command syntax conventions
Bold and italic text identify command syntax components. Delimiters and operators dene groupings of parameters and their logical
relationships.
Convention Description
bold text Identies command names, keywords, and command options.
italic text Identies a variable.
value In Fibre Channel products, a xed value provided as input to a command option is printed in plain text, for
example, --show WWN.
[ ] Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional.
Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets.
{ x | y | z } A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select
one of the options.
In Fibre Channel products, square brackets may be used instead for this purpose.
x | y A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements.
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