Command Reference Guide

4 ● 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
Related Manuals The 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 FamilyGetting Started Guide provides
information about installation.
The 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 FamilyConfiguration Guide provides
information about configuring your network using the commands described in this
guide.
Table 2 Text conventions
Convention Description
Screen displays This typeface represents text as it appears on the screen.
Keyboard key names If you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names are
linked with a plus sign (+), for example:
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del
The words “enter”
and “type”
When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must type something,
and then press Return or Enter. Do not press Return or Enter when an
instruction simply says “type.”
Fixed command
text
This typeface indicates the fixed part of a command text. You must type
the command, or this part of the command, exactly as shown, and press
Return or Enter when you are ready to enter the command.
Example: The command display history-command must be entered
exactly as shown.
Variable
command text
This typeface indicates the variable part of a command text. You must type
a value here, and press Return or Enter when you are ready to enter the
command.
Example: in the command super level, a value in the range 0 to 3 must
be entered in the position indicated by level
{ x | y | ... } Alternative items, one of which must be entered, are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars. You must select and enter one of the items.
Example: in the command flow-control {hardware | none |
software}, the braces and the vertical bars combined indicate that you
must enter one of the parameters. Enter either hardware, or none, or
software.
[ ] Items shown in square brackets [ ] are optional.
Example 1: in the command
display users [all], the square brackets
indicate that the parameter
all is optional. You can enter the command
with or without this parameter.
Example 2: in the command user-interface [type] first-number
[last-number] the square brackets indicate that the parameters [type]
and [last-number] are both optional. You can enter a value in place of
one, both or neither of these parameters.
Alternative items, one of which can optionally be entered, are grouped in
square brackets and separated by vertical bars.
Example 3: in the command header
[shell | incoming | login]
text, the square brackets indicate that the parameters shell,
incoming and login
are all optional. The vertical bars indicate that only
one of the parameters is allowed.