Command Syntax And Emphasis Conventions - Cisco uBR10012 Software Configuration Manual

Preface
Table 2
Title
Chapter 5, "Configuring Basic
Broadband Internet Access"
Chapter 6, "Troubleshooting the
System"
Appendix A, "DOCSIS and CMTS
Architectural Overview"
Appendix B, "Configuration Register
Information for the Cisco uBR10012
Universal Broadband Router"
Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions for command syntax descriptions and textual emphasis:
Table 3
Convention
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italic font
[ ]
{x | y | z}
[x | y | z]
string
screen
boldface screen
italic screen
^
< >
[ ]
!, #
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Guide Contents and Organization (continued)

Command Syntax and Emphasis Conventions

Description
Commands and keywords are in boldface.
Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
Elements in square brackets are optional.
Alternative, mutually exclusive, keywords are grouped in braces and
separated by vertical bars.
Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by
vertical bars.
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string
or the string will include the quotation marks.
font Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in
font Information you must enter is in
font Arguments for which you supply values are in
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 in contexts
where italics are not available.
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
An exclamation point ( ! ) or a pound sign ( # ) at the beginning of a line of
code indicates a comment line.
Cisco uBR10012 Universal Broadband Router Software Configuration Guide
Description
Provides a recommended basic configuration for high-speed
Internet access and a basic Internet access sample
configuration file.
Provides troubleshooting instructions for the configuration of
the Cisco uBR10000 series CMTS.
Provides a brief overview of general DOCSIS architecture
and enhancements.
Provides information about the functions and configuration of
bits in the Cisco IOS Software Configuration Register.
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Conventions
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