Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001761-01, June 2010)

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To obtain information about an OS version other than 6.4.0, refer to the documentation specific to
that OS version.
What’s new in this document
This document has been updated for 6.4.0.
The following information was added:
• New chapter on Internet Group Management Protocol.
• New chapter on administering FCoE using Brocade Web Tools.
For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, refer to
the release notes.
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated 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 command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments.