About This Manual
Organization
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Installation Manual is organized as follows:
Chapter Contents
1 Product Introduction
Introduces the characteristics and technical specifications of
S3100 Series Ethernet Switches.
2 Installation Preparation
Introduces the installation preparation and precaution of
S3100 Series Ethernet Switches.
3 Installation
Introduces the procedures to install an S3100 Series
Ethernet Switch, including the setup of the mainframe, cards
and cables.
4 First Power-on
Introduces the booting process of an S3100 Series Ethernet
Switch, including the power-on booting of the switch and the
system initialization.
5 Boot ROM and Host Software
Loading
Introduces how to load Boot ROM and host software for an
S3100 Series Ethernet Switch.
6 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Introduces the problems that might occur during the
installation and the booting of an S3100 Series Ethernet
Switch and the related solution.
7 Appendix Lightning Protection of
the Switch
Introduces lightning protection of S3100 Series Ethernet
Switches.
Conventions
The manual uses the following conventions:
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface
The keywords of a command line are in Boldface.
italic
Command arguments are in italic.
[ ] Items (keywords or arguments) in square brackets [ ] are optional.
{ x | y | ... }
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
One is selected.
[ x | y | ... ]
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. One or none is selected.
{ x | y | ... } *
Alternative items are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
A minimum of one or a maximum of all can be selected.
[ x | y | ... ] *
Optional alternative items are grouped in square brackets and
separated by vertical bars. Many or none can be selected.
&<1-n>
The argument(s) before the ampersand (&) sign can be entered 1 to n
times.
# A line starting with the # sign is comments.
