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Preface

Preface

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This preface describes who should read the Cisco VFrame Data Center Command Reference, how it is organized, and document conventions.

This preface includes the following sections:

•Document Objectives

•Audience

•Document Organization

•Conventions

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Document Objectives

This document is a guide to the command-line interface (CLI) for the Cisco VFrame Data Center Director operating system software. It explains how to use the CLI and provides a alphabetical list of all available CLI commands.

Audience

We provide this guide to administrators who install, configure, and manage Cisco equipment. This guide assumes that administrators have prior Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and network administration experience.

Document Organization

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter	Title	Description
Chapter 1	Using the CLI	Describes CLI fundamentals.
Chapter 2	CLI Commands	Describes the commands alphabetically.

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands, command options, and keywords are in boldface. Bold text indicates Chassis Manager elements or text that you must enter as-is.
italic font	Arguments in commands for which you supply values are in italics. Italics not used in commands indicate emphasis.
Menu1 > Menu2 > Item...	Series indicate a pop-up menu sequence to open a form or execute a desired function.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.
screen font	Terminal sessions and information the system 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.
^	The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control—for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
<   >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords are in angle brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Notes use the following conventions:

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

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Cautions use the following conventions:

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Related Documentation

Table 1 describes the documentation available for Cisco VFrame Data Center, Version 1.2.

Table 1 Cisco VFrame Data Center Documentation 

Document Title	Available Formats
Cisco VFrame Data Center Documentation Roadmap	This guide is available in the following formats: •Printed document included with the product. •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com.
Cisco VFrame Data Center Installation and Configuration Guide	This guide is available in the following formats: •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com.
Cisco VFrame Data Center Administration Guide	This guide is available in the following formats: •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com. •Included in the online help in HTML and PDF formats.
Context-sensitive online help	To access online help, perform any of the following tasks: •Choose Help > Contents to open the help system. •Choose Help > For This Page to obtain help on the page currently in the window. •Click the Help button in a dialog box.
Release Notes for Cisco VFrame Data Center	On Cisco.com.
Cisco VFrame Data Center Programmer's Guide	This guide is available in the following formats: •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com.
Cisco VFrame Data Center Regulatory Compliance Information	This guide is available in the following formats: •Printed document included with the product. •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com.
Cisco VFrame Data Center Open Source Licenses	This guide is available in the following formats: •On the product recovery CD-ROM. •On Cisco.com.
Important Safety Information	Printed document included with the product.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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