Installation Guide

Table 1: Notes and warnings (continued)
Icon Notice type Alerts you to...
Caution Risk of personal injury, system damage, or loss of data.
Warning Risk of severe personal injury.
Table 2: Text
Convention Description
screen displays
This typeface indicates command syntax, or represents information as
it appear
s on the screen.
The words enter and type When you see the word enter in this guide, you must type something,
and then press the Return or Enter key. Do not press the Return or
Enter key when an instruction simply says type.
Key names Key names are written in boldface, for example Ctrl or Esc. If you must
press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are linked with a
plus sign (+). Example: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
Words in italicized type Italics emphasize a point or denote new terms at the place where they
are defined in the text. Italics are also used when referring to
publication titles.
This symbol
identifies new content. In a PDF, this is searchable text.
Table 3: Command syntax
Convention Description
bold t
ext Identifies command names, keywords, and command options.
italic text Identifies a variable.
[ ]
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.
x | y
A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements.
< >
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are enclosed in angle
brackets.
... Repeat the previous element, for example, member[member...].
\ Indicates a “soft” line break in command examples. If a backslash
separ
ates two lines of a command input, enter the entire command at
the prompt without the backslash.
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