Document Conventions - Hitachi AMS2100 User Manual

Document conventions

This document uses the following symbols to draw attention to important
safety and operational information.
Symbol
The following typographic conventions are used in this document.
Convention
Bold
Italic
screen/code
< > angled
brackets
[ ] square
brackets
{ } braces
| vertical bar
underline
Hitachi AMS 2000 Family Copy-on-Write SnapShot User Guide
Meaning
Tip Tips provide helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for
performing tasks more effectively.
Note Notes emphasize or supplement important points of the main
text.
Caution Cautions indicate that failure to take a specified action could
result in damage to the software or hardware.
Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including
menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click
OK.
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.
Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.
Example:
# pairdisplay -g oradb
Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided
by the user or system. Example: # pairdisplay -g <group>
Note: Italic font is also used to indicate variables.
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.
Indicates the default value. Example: [ a | b ]
Preface
Description
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