HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 17)

Example font or
symbol
Convention
StoreDatabase Code-font characters must be entered exactly as shown.
database-name This font style marks a placeholder that indicates where
appropriate characters are to be entered in an actual
command.
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 all 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 when the OS is
UNIX
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
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