Notational and typographic conventions, Alert messages – Sun Microsystems StorageTek 96257 User Manual

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Alert Messages

Alert messages used within this document are presented as follows:

Note:

A note provides emphasis or additional useful detail about a topic or proce-
dure, and can either precede or follow the information it references.

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Notational and Typographic Conventions

The following notational and typographic conventions are used throughout this document
to highlight special words, phrases, and actions.

CAUTION !

A caution directs urgent attention to an action or condition which could dam-
age equipment or corrupt data or system software if the accompanying proce-
dure is not completed or is performed incorrectly. A caution always precedes
the information it references.

DANGER !!

A danger message directs urgent attention to an action or condition that has
potential to create a hazardous situation or to cause immediate, severe, and
possibly fatal injury or adverse long-term health effects if the accompanying
procedure is not completed or is performed incorrectly. A danger message al-
ways precedes the information it references.

Item

Example(s)

Description of Convention

Publications; course titles

Installation and Service Guide

Italic font

MS Windows or GUI screen titles

Ethernet Setup screen

Italic underlined font

Computer keyboard input keys

Press the [

Enter] key.

Monospaced underlined font in
square brackets [ ]

User-keyed non-variable inputs; system-
generated outputs

show systemstate

Monospaced bold font

User-keyed variable inputs

Name =

<

system name>

Monospaced italic bold font in an-
gled brackets < >

E-mail and IP addresses; URLs; file and
folder names; active fields and icons in
GUI windows

[email protected]; click Submit;
www.support.storagetek.com;

cli.exe file; 129.80.64 subnet

Monospaced underlined font

Emphasized text

Do not touch exposed wiring...

Underlined font

Physical VTSS labels for FRUs, LED indi-
cators, ports, or switches

POWER ON

indicator;

ETH0

port;

POWER ENABLE

switch

Bold caps font

Hypertext link (in PDF file) to a figure, ta-
ble, procedure step, or section heading

See

Figure 2-1

on page 2-27; Re-

peat

Step 3

; See “

Assigning Pass-

words

” on page 4-11.

Blue font (prints black in black and
white photocopies)

Text references to numbered callouts in
accompanying artwork

Pull the D-ring handle [3].

Bold font in bold square brackets [ ]

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