Preface, Audience, Conventions – H3C Technologies H3C SR8800 User Manual
Page 3: Command conventions

Preface
The H3C SR8800 10G Core Routers Installation Guide includes seven chapters, which describe the
components, installation, debugging, and hardware maintenance of the H3C SR8800 10G Core
Routers.
This preface includes:
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About the H3C SR8800 documentation set
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Audience
This documentation is intended for:
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Installation engineers
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Field servicing engineers
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
be entered 1 to n times.
#
A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.