Dell PowerEdge 4400 - Manual (Page 47)

technical changes to the system or advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
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Documentation updates are sometimes included with the system to describe changes to the system or software. Always read these updates
before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain information that supersedes the information in the other
documents.
Typographical Conventions
The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conventions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout
this document:
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Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor
screen or display. They are presented in bold.
Example: Click OK.
l Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in angle brackets.
Example:
l Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless otherwise indicated) to perform a single function.
Example:
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Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced.
Example: "Use the format command to . . . ."
In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruction and intended to be typed.
Example: "Type format a: to format the diskette in drive A."
l Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.
Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows
l Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters
(those for which you substitute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are presented in lowercase bold. The
brackets indicate items that are optional.
Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]
l Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the command ’s possible parameters. Command lines are
presented in the Courier New font.
Example: del c:\myfile.doc
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Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a command (referred to as a command line). Screen text is
presented in the Courier New font.
Example: The following message appears on your screen:
No boot device available
Example: "Type md c:\programs and press ."
l Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in italics.
Example: DIMM_x (where x represents the DIMM socket designation).
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