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Notes, cautions, and warnings, Key terms, Notice to the reader – Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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value

Fixed (literal) values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--

show WWN

|

Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress

\

Backslash indicates a “soft” line break. If a backslash separates two lines of a
command input, enter the entire command at the prompt without the backslash.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.

NOTE

A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.

ATTENTION

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

DANGER

A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.

Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on the Brocade
website. See

“Brocade resources”

on page xxviii for instructions on accessing the information.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:

http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary

Notice to the reader

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