Users Guide

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You may also have one or more of the following documents.
NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your switch to describe
changes to your switch or software. Always read these updates before consulting any
other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information.
W Technical information files—sometimes called “readme” files—may be installed
on your hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates about technical
changes to your switch or advanced technical reference material intended for
experienced users or technicians.
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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven-
tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:
W Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names
and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display.
They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.
W Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in
angle brackets.
Example: <Enter>
W Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other-
wise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>
W Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are
not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc-
tion and intended to be typed.
Example: “Ty p e format a: to format the diskette in drive A.”
W Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
W Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands
are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substi-
tute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are
presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]