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Document conventions
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
Convention Description
Bold Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including
menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click OK.
Italic Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided
by the user or system. Example: copy source-file target-file
Note: Angled brackets (< >) are also used to indicate variables.
screen/code Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.
Example: # pairdisplay -g oradb
< > angled
brackets
Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided
by the user or system. Example: # pairdisplay -g
Note: Italic font is also used to indicate variables.
[ ] square
brackets
Indicates optional values. Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can
choose a, b, or nothing.
{ } braces Indicates required or expected values. Example: { a | b } indicates
that you must choose either a or b.
| vertical bar Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or
arguments. Examples: [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or
nothing. { a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.
underline Indicates the default value.
Example:
[ a | b ]
Convention for storage capacity values
Physical storage capacity values (e.g., drive capacity) are calculated based on
the following values:
Physical capacity unit Value
1 kilobyte (KB) 1,000 (10 3 ) bytes
1 megabyte (MB) 1,000 KB or 1,000 2 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB) 1,000 MB or 1,000 3 bytes
1 terabyte (TB) 1,000 GB or 1,000 4 bytes
1 petabyte (PB) 1,000 TB or 1,000 5 bytes
1 exabyte (EB) 1,000 PB or 1,000 6 bytes
Logical storage capacity values (e.g., logical device capacity) are calculated
based on the following values:
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Preface
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide for AIX®