Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "StackName is the name of the new TCP/IP stack."

A block of code is set as follows:

<config>
 <vpxd>
  <network>
    <rollback>false</rollback>
  </network>
 </vpxd>
</config>

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Net/UseHwTSO -i 0

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "On the Select name and location page, type the name of the new distributed port group, or accept the generated name."