Table Of Contents
Preface
Audience
Document Organization
Document Conventions
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the . It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
Audience
This guide is for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches.
Document Organization
This document is organized as folows:
Document Conventions
Command descriptions use these conventions:
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Commands and keywords are in boldface.
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Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
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[ ]
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Elements in square brackets are optional.
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[ x | y | z ]
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Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
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Screen examples use these conventions:
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Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.
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Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
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italic screen font
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Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
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Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
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Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
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!, #
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An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.
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This document uses the following conventions:
Note 
Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Caution Means
reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.
•Cisco DCNM Fundamentals Guide, Release 5.x
•System Management Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Interfaces Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Fabric Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Security Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•IP Services Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Intelligent Storage Services Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•Inter-VSAN Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
•SMI-S and Web Services Programming Guide, Cisco DCNM for SAN, Release 5.x
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
•Subscribe to the What's New in Cisco Product Documentation as a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed and set content to be delivered directly to your desktop using a reader application. The RSS feeds are a free service and Cisco currently supports RSS version 2.0.
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