Command syntax conventions, Notes, cautions, and warnings, Notice to the reader – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Command syntax conventions

Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:

Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.

NOTE

A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.

ATTENTION

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

DANGER

A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.

Notice to the reader

This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.

TABLE 1

Command syntax conventions

Convention

Description

bold face font

Commands and keywords.

italic

Variables for which you supply values.

[ ]

Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are
optional.

{x | y | z}

A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical
bars. You must select one.

screen font

Examples of information displayed on the screen.

<>

Nonprinting characters, for example passwords, appear in angle
brackets

[ ]

Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.

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