Brocade 6520 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 8)

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This document includes information specific to the Brocade 6520 running Brocade Fabric OS
version 7.1.0. and later.
What’s new in this document
• The port group illustration has been added. Refer to “Brocade ISL Trunking.”
• The number of ports on which in-flight data compression and encryption can occur has been
updated. Refer to
“Brocade 6520 features and capabilities.”
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code
text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is
case-sensitive.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--
option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-
argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.