Table 2: text and syntax conventions, Xxii – Juniper Networks MX480 User Manual

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Table 2 on page xxii

defines the text and syntax conventions used in this guide.

Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions

Examples

Description

Convention

To enter configuration mode, type
theconfigure command:

user@host> configure

Represents text that you type.

Bold text like this

user@host>

show chassis alarms

No alarms currently active

Represents output that appears on the
terminal screen.

Fixed-width text like this

•

A policy term is a named structure
that defines match conditions and
actions.

•

Junos OS System Basics Configuration
Guide

•

RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute

•

Introduces or emphasizes important
new terms.

•

Identifies book names.

•

Identifies RFC and Internet draft titles.

Italic text like this

Configure the machine’s domain name:

[edit]
root@# set system domain-name

domain-name

Represents variables (options for which
you substitute a value) in commands or
configuration statements.

Italic text like this

•

To configure a stub area, include the

stub

statement at the

[edit protocols

ospf area area-id]

hierarchy level.

•

The console port is labeled

CONSOLE

.

Represents names of configuration
statements, commands, files, and
directories; configuration hierarchy levels;
or labels on routing platform
components.

Text like this

stub <default-metric metric>;

Enclose optional keywords or variables.

< > (angle brackets)

broadcast | multicast

(string1 | string2 | string3)

Indicates a choice between the mutually
exclusive keywords or variables on either
side of the symbol. The set of choices is
often enclosed in parentheses for clarity.

| (pipe symbol)

rsvp { # Required for dynamic MPLS only

Indicates a comment specified on the
same line as the configuration statement
to which it applies.

# (pound sign)

community name members [
community-ids ]

Enclose a variable for which you can
substitute one or more values.

[ ] (square brackets)

[edit]
routing-options {

static {

route default {

nexthop address;
retain;

}

}

}

Identify a level in the configuration
hierarchy.

Indention and braces ( { } )

Identifies a leaf statement at a
configuration hierarchy level.

; (semicolon)

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