Document Conventions - Hitachi VSP G200 System Administration Manual

Document conventions

This document uses the following storage system terminology conventions:
VSP Gx00 models
VSP Fx00 models
This document uses the following typographic conventions:
Convention
Bold
Italic
Monospace
< > angle brackets
[ ] square brackets
{ } braces
| vertical bar
System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models
Convention
Refers to all of the following models, unless otherwise noted.
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G800
Refers to all of the following models, unless otherwise noted.
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F600
• Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F800
• Indicates text in a window, including window titles, menus, menu options,
buttons, fields, and labels. Example:
Click OK.
• Indicates emphasized words in list items.
• Indicates a document title or emphasized words in text.
• Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the
user or for output by the system. Example:
pairdisplay -g group
(For exceptions to this convention for variables, see the entry for angle
brackets.)
Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user. Example:
pairdisplay -g oradb
Indicates variables in the following scenarios:
• Variables are not clearly separated from the surrounding text or from
other variables. Example:
Status-<report-name><file-version>.csv
• Variables in headings.
Indicates optional values. Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a,
b, or nothing.
Indicates required or expected values. Example: { a | b } indicates that you
must choose either a or b.
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.
Description
Description
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