Reference Guide

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CLI usage conventions
• Some Fabric OS show commands display certain switch or fabric components in three-digit
decimal numbers, for example, 003. When you use these numeric identifiers as inputs to other
commands, you must remove the leading zeros; otherwise the commands will either fail or
generate incorrect results. Adding zeros to any decimal number in a command input will cause
that number to be treated as an Octal number.
• Automatic page breaks in CLI command output displays are being phased out. Use the more
option to display command output with page breaks: command | more. Do not use the more
option in conjunction with help pages. Executing help command | more will display a
command “no manual entry for command” message.
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the command titles and in the narrative portions of this guide
are presented in mixed letter case, for example, switchShow. In examples, command letter case is
all lowercase.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this document follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments are printed in bold.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined
or
enclosed in angle brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”