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defines the text and syntax conventions used in this guide.
Table 2: Text and Syntax Conventions
Examples
Description
Convention
To enter configuration mode, type
theconfigure command:
user@host> configure
Represents text that you type.
Bold text like this
user@host>
show chassis alarms
No alarms currently active
Represents output that appears on the
terminal screen.
Fixed-width text like this
•
A policy term is a named structure
that defines match conditions and
actions.
•
Junos OS System Basics Configuration
Guide
•
RFC 1997, BGP Communities Attribute
•
Introduces or emphasizes important
new terms.
•
Identifies book names.
•
Identifies RFC and Internet draft titles.
Italic text like this
Configure the machine’s domain name:
[edit]
root@# set system domain-name
domain-name
Represents variables (options for which
you substitute a value) in commands or
configuration statements.
Italic text like this
•
To configure a stub area, include the
stub
statement at the
[edit protocols
ospf area area-id]
hierarchy level.
•
The console port is labeled
CONSOLE
.
Represents names of configuration
statements, commands, files, and
directories; configuration hierarchy levels;
or labels on routing platform
components.
Text like this
stub
Enclose optional keywords or variables.
< > (angle brackets)
broadcast | multicast
(string1 | string2 | string3)
Indicates a choice between the mutually
exclusive keywords or variables on either
side of the symbol. The set of choices is
often enclosed in parentheses for clarity.
| (pipe symbol)
rsvp { # Required for dynamic MPLS only
Indicates a comment specified on the
same line as the configuration statement
to which it applies.
# (pound sign)
community name members [
community-ids ]
Enclose a variable for which you can
substitute one or more values.
[ ] (square brackets)
[edit]
routing-options {
static {
route default {
nexthop address;
retain;
}
}
}
Identify a level in the configuration
hierarchy.
Indention and braces ( { } )
Identifies a leaf statement at a
configuration hierarchy level.
; (semicolon)
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