Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FCoE Operations Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(1)

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Updated:: November 21, 2012

Chapter: Preface

Audience
Document Conventions
Related Documentation
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Operations Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(1). It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

This chapter includes the following topics:

Audience

This publication is for experienced network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS on Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform switches and Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform switches.

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use the following conventions:

Convention	Description
bold	Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
Italic	Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.
[x]	Square brackets enclose an optional element(keyword or argument).
[x \| y]	Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate an optional choice.
{x \| y}	Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate a required choice.
[x {y \| z}]	Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element.
variable	Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics cannot be used.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Screen examples use the following conventions::

Convention	Description
screen font	Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

Caution

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