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Documentation Conventions

Table 1 defines notice icons used in this guide.

Table 1: Notice Icons 

Icon	Meaning	Description
	Informational note	Indicates important features or instructions.
	Caution	Indicates a situation that might result in loss of data or hardware damage.
	Warning	Alerts you to the risk of personal injury.

Table 2 defines text conventions used in this guide and the syntax conventions used 
primarily in the JUNOSe Command Reference Guide. For more information about 
command syntax, see JUNOSe System Basics Configuration Guide, Chapter 2, 
Command-Line Interface. 

 Table 2:  Text and Syntax Conventions 

 Convention
 Description
 Examples

 Text Conventions
 

 


 Bold text like this

 Represents commands and keywords in text.


  
 Issue the clock source command.
  
 Specify the keyword exp-msg.



Bold text like this


 Represents text that the user must type.

host1(config)#traffic class low-loss1



 Fixed-width text like this

 Represents information as displayed on your terminal's screen.

 host1#show ip ospf 2
 Routing Process OSPF 2 with Router ID 5.5.0.250
 Router is an Area Border Router (ABR)


 Italic text like this


  
 Emphasizes words. 
  
 Identifies variables. 
  
 Identifies chapter, appendix, and book names. 



  
 There are two levels of access, user and privileged.
  
 clusterId, ipAddress.
  
 Appendix A, System Specifications.



 Plus sign (+) linking key names

 Indicates that you must press two or more keys simultaneously.

 Press Ctrl+b.


 Syntax Conventions in the Command Reference Guide
 


 Plain text like this

 Represents keywords.

 terminal length


 Italic text like this

 Represents variables.

 mask, accessListName


 | (pipe symbol) 

 Represents a choice to select one keyword or variable to the left or right of this symbol. (The keyword or variable can be either optional or required.)

 diagnostic | line


 [ ] (brackets)

 Represent optional keywords or variables.

 [ internal | external ]


 [ ]* (brackets and asterisk)

 Represent optional keywords or variables that can be entered more than once.

 [ level1 | level2 | l1 ]*


 { } (braces)

 Represent required keywords or variables.

 { permit | deny } { in | out }
{ clusterId | ipAddress }