Installation guide

Conventions

The following table lists conventions used in this guide.

Convention Meaning

Return

A key name enclosed in a box indicates that you press that key.

Ctrl/x Ctrl/x indicates that you hold down the Ctrl key while you

press another key, indicated here by x. In examples, this key

combination is enclosed in a box, for example,

Ctrl/C

bold type In the online book (Bookreader), bold type in examples

indicates commands and other instructions that you enter

at the keyboard.

lowercase Lowercase letters in commands indicate that commands can be

entered in uppercase or lowercase.

In some illustrations, small drawings of the DEC 4000 AXP

system appear in the left margin. Shaded areas help you locate

components on the front or back of the system.

Caution Cautions provide information to prevent damage to equipment

or software.

[]

In command format descriptions, brackets indicate optional

elements.

console command

abbreviations

Console command abbreviations must be entered exactly as

shown.

boot

Console and operating system commands are shown in this

special typeface.

italic type Italic type in console command sections indicates a variable.

< > In console mode online help, angle brackets enclose a

placeholder for which you must specify a value.

{ } In command descriptions, braces containing items separated by

commas imply mutually exclusive items.

. . . In ﬁgures, labels a part of the ﬁgure. In text, refers to a

labeled part of a corresponding ﬁgure.

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