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Brocade 6545 Gen5 16-Gbps FC Switch Module Hardware Reference Manual
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Supported hardware and software
This document includes information specific to the Brocade 6545 16 Gbps FC Switch Module using
the Brocade Fabric OS. For more information regarding the Fabric OS version information, refer to
the release notes that come with your Brocade 6545 16 Gbps FC Switch Module.
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 all lowercase.
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.
[ ]
Optional elements appear in brackets.
variable
Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
...
Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”
value
Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--
show WWN
|
Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example:
--
show
-
mode egress | ingress
