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Conventions

Table 1

 and 

Table 2

 list text and icon conventions that are used 

throughout this guide:

Table 1   

Notice Icons

Icon

Type

Description

Information Note

Information notes call attention to 

important features or instructions.

Caution

Cautions alert you to personal safety risk, 

system damage, or loss of data.

Warning

Warnings alert you to the risk of severe 

personal injury.

Table 2   

Text Conventions

Convention

Description

“Enter” vs. “Type”

When the word “enter” is used in this guide, it means type 

something, then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press 

the Return or Enter key when an instruction simply says “type.”

Text represented as 

screen 

display 

This typeface 

is used to represent displays that 

appear on your terminal screen, for example:

NetLogin:

Text represented as 

commands

This typeface 

is used to represent commands that 

you enter, for example:

SETDefault !0 -IP NETaddr = 0.0.0.0

Keys

When specific keys are referred

to in the text, they are called 

out by their labels, such as “the Return key” or “the Escape 

key,” or they may be shown as [Return] or [Esc]. 

If two or more keys are to be pressed simultaneously, the keys 

are linked with a plus sign (+), for example:

Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del].

Italics

Italics

 are used to denote 

new terms 

or 

emphasis

.