Preface, Audience, Conventions – H3C Technologies H3C S12500-X Series Switches User Manual
Page 3: Command conventions
Preface
The H3C S12500-X documentation set includes 14 configuration guides. These guides describe the
software features for the H3C S12500-X Switch Series and guide you through the software configuration
procedures. These guides also provide configuration examples to help you apply software features to
different network scenarios.
The Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide describes IP services fundamentals and configurations.
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Audience
This documentation is intended for:
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Network planners
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Field technical support and servicing engineers
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Network administrators working with the S12500-X series
Conventions
This section describes the conventions used in this documentation set.
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface
Bold text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
Italic
Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values.
[ ]
Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which
you select one.
[ x | y | ... ]
Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from
which you select one or none.
{ x | y | ... } *
Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select at least one.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n>
The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign can