Conventions 5A BOUT THIS G UIDEThis guide describes the 3Com® Router 3000 Family of routers and how to installhardware, configure and boot software, and maintain software and hardware.This guide also provides troubleshooting and support information for your router.This guide is intended for the system or network administrator who is responsiblefor configuring, using, and managing the routers. It asumes a working knowledgeof wide area network (WAN) operations and familiarity with communicationprotocols that are used to interconnect WANs.Always download the Release Notes for your product from the 3Com World WideWeb site for the latest updates to product documentation:http://www.3com.comConventions Table 1 and Table 2 list conventions that are used throughout this guide.Table 1 Notice IconsTable 2 Text ConventionsIcon Notice Type DescriptionInformation note Information that describes important features orinstructions.Caution Information that alerts you to potential loss of dataor potential damage to an application, system, ordevice.Warning Information that alerts you to potential personalinjury.Convention DescriptionScreendisplaysThis typeface represents information as it appears on the screen.Keyboard keynamesIf you must press two or more keys simultaneously, the key names arelinked with a plus sign (+), for example:Press Ctrl+Alt+DelThe words “enter”and type”When you see the word “enter” in this guide, you must typesomething, and then press Return or Enter. Do not press Return orEnter when an instruction simply says “type.”