User guide

Conventions
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Conventions
angle brackets (< >)
Within output from text-based UNIX tools
, these
indicate that you supply the text to enter based on the
description inside the brackets. For example: if
command syntax is
ping
<ip_address>
, you enter
ping
192.32.10.12
.
bold text
Indicates path names, text that you need to enter,
command names, and buttons in menu paths.
Example: Enter
wfsm &
Example: Use the
dinfo
command.
brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements. You can choose none, one,
or all of the options.
ellipsis points Horizontal and vertical ellipsis points (. . .) indicate
omitted information.
italic text
Indicates variable values in command syntax
descriptions, new terms, file and directory names, book
titles, and titles of chapters or sections.
screen text
Indicates data that appears on the screen.
Example:
Set Bay Networks Trap Monitor Filters
separator ( -> ) Separates menu and option names in instructions and
pins in internal pin-to-pin wire connections.
Examples: File->Open; Pin 7 -> 19-> 20
vertical line (
|
) Also called a “pipe,” this separates part names and
numbers, etc., in configuration and input files to the
PCN/BOM process, creating in effect a ruled table.
Acronyms
AVL Approved Vendor List
AME Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
BOM Bill of Materials
BNE, BNW, BNIRE Bay Networks East, West, and Ireland
CE Component Engineering
CM Commodity Management