HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software - Manual (Page 15)

Example font or
symbol
Convention
SD Bold code-font characters indicate the abbreviation for a
command.
perm Underlined characters indicate the default value.
[ ] Square brackets enclose an item or set of items whose
specification is optional. An item that is underlined is specified
when other items are omitted.
{ } One of the options enclosed in { } must be specified.
| Only one of the options separated by a vertical bar can be
specified at the same time.
... An ellipsis (...) indicates that the item or items enclosed in ( )
or [ ] immediately preceding the ellipsis may be specified as
many times as necessary.
() Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical
bar (|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable.
> A prompt on a command-execution window.
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:
Logical capacity unit Value
1 block 512 bytes
1 KB 1,024 (2 10 ) bytes
1 MB 1,024 KB or 1,024 2 bytes
1 GB 1,024 MB or 1,024 3 bytes
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Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for Windows(R))