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Notational and typographic conventions, Alert messages – Sun Microsystems StorageTek 96257 User Manual

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Alert Messages

Alert messages used within this document are presented as follows:

Note:

A note provides emphasis or additional useful detail about a topic or proce-
dure, and can either precede or follow the information it references.

Notational and Typographic Conventions

The following notational and typographic conventions are used throughout this document
to highlight special words, phrases, and actions.

CAUTION !

A caution directs urgent attention to an action or condition which could dam-
age equipment or corrupt data or system software if the accompanying proce-
dure is not completed or is performed incorrectly. A caution always precedes
the information it references.

DANGER !!

A danger message directs urgent attention to an action or condition that has
potential to create a hazardous situation or to cause immediate, severe, and
possibly fatal injury or adverse long-term health effects if the accompanying
procedure is not completed or is performed incorrectly. A danger message al-
ways precedes the information it references.

Item

Example(s)

Description of Convention

Publications; course titles

Installation and Service Guide

Italic font

MS Windows or GUI screen titles

Ethernet Setup screen

Italic underlined font

Computer keyboard input keys

Press the [

Enter] key.

Monospaced underlined font in
square brackets [ ]

User-keyed non-variable inputs; system-
generated outputs

show systemstate

Monospaced bold font

User-keyed variable inputs

Name =

<

system name>

Monospaced italic bold font in an-
gled brackets < >

E-mail and IP addresses; URLs; file and
folder names; active fields and icons in
GUI windows

[email protected]; click Submit;
www.support.storagetek.com;

cli.exe file; 129.80.64 subnet

Monospaced underlined font

Emphasized text

Do not touch exposed wiring...

Underlined font

Physical VTSS labels for FRUs, LED indi-
cators, ports, or switches

POWER ON

indicator;

ETH0

port;

POWER ENABLE

switch

Bold caps font

Hypertext link (in PDF file) to a figure, ta-
ble, procedure step, or section heading

See

Figure 2-1

on page 2-27; Re-

peat

Step 3

; See “

Assigning Pass-

words

” on page 4-11.

Blue font (prints black in black and
white photocopies)

Text references to numbered callouts in
accompanying artwork

Pull the D-ring handle [3].

Bold font in bold square brackets [ ]