Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Network OS 2.1 - Manual (Page 6)

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What’s new in this document
This document has been updated for Network OS v2.1.2 with information on:
• restrict-flooding command
• vCenter discovery commands
• Added the new and modified messages in Chapter 3, “Network OS Message Reference” .
• Revised description for the “ chassis fan airflow-direction ” command in Chapter 2, “NOS CLI
Command Reference” .
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code
text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all lowercase.
Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case sensitive.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--
option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-
argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.