About this Documentation Set

This section describes the conventions used in this documentation set and information on how to contact customer support.

Conventions Used

The following tables describe the conventions used throughout this documentation.

Icon Notice Type Description

Information Note

Provides information about important features or instructions.

Caution

Alerts you of potential damage to a program, device, or system.

Warning

Alerts you of potential personal injury or fatality. May also alert you of potential electrical hazards.

Electro-Static Discharge (ESD)

Warns you to take proper grounding precautions before handling ESD sensitive components or devices.



Typeface Conventions Description

Text represented as a screen display

This typeface represents displays that appear on your terminal screen, for example:

Login:

Text represented as commands

This typeface represents commands that you enter, for example:

show ip access-list

This document always gives the full form of a command in lowercase letters. Commands are not case sensitive.

Text represented as a command variable

This typeface represents a variable that is part of a command, for example:

show card slot_number

slot_number is a variable representing the desired chassis slot number.

Text represented as menu or sub-menu names

This typeface represents menus and sub-menus that you access within a software application, for example:

Click the File menu, then click New



Command Syntax Conventions Description

{ keyword or variable }

Required keywords and variables are surrounded by grouped braces.

Required keywords and variables are those components that are required to be entered as part of the command syntax.

[ keyword or variable ]

Optional keywords or variables, or those that a user may or may not choose to use, are surrounded by brackets.

|

Some commands support alternative variables. These options are documented within braces or brackets by separating each variable with a vertical bar.

These variables can be used in conjunction with required or optional keywords or variables. For example:

{ nonce | timestamp }

OR

[ count number_of_packets | size number_of_bytes ]



Obtaining Documentation

The most current Cisco documentation is available on the following website:

http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/default.html

Contacting Customer Support

Use the information in this section to contact customer support.

Refer to the support area of http://www.cisco.com for up-to-date product documentation or to submit a service request. A valid username and password are required to access this site. Please contact your Cisco sales or service representative for additional information.