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Table 2. Keyboard shortcuts for command completion, editing, and history (continued)

Action Press

Delete previous character Backspace

Size representations

Operating systems usually show volume size in base 2. Disk drives usually show size in base 10. Memory (RAM and ROM) size is always

shown in base 2.

In the CLI, the base for entry and display of storage-space sizes can be set per user or per session; see create user on page 56 and set

set cli-parameters on page 110. When entering storage-space sizes only, either base-2 or base-10 units can be specified.

Table 3. Size representations in base 2 and base 10

Base 2 Base 10

Unit Size in bytes Unit Size in bytes

KiB (kibibyte) 1,024 KB (kilobyte) 1,000

MiB (mebibyte) 1,024 MB (megabyte) 1,000

GiB (gibibyte) 1,024 GB (gigabyte) 1,000

TiB (tebibyte) 1,024 TB (terabyte) 1,000

PiB (pebibyte) 1,024 PB (petabyte) 1,000

EiB (exbibyte) 1,024 EB (exabyte) 1,000

The locale setting determines the character used for the decimal (radix) point, as shown in the following table:

Table 4. Decimal (radix) point character by locale

Language Character Examples

English, Chinese, Japanese,

Korean

Period (.)

146.81 GB

3.0 Gb/s

French, German, Spanish Comma (,)

146,81 GB

3,0 Gb/s

Event log

A controller enclosure’s event log records all events that have occurred in or been detected by the controller modules and encompasses all

field-replaceable units (FRUs) in the storage system.

Each event has one of the following levels, in decreasing severity:

• Critical. A failure occurred that may cause a controller to shut down. Correct the problem immediately.

• Error. A failure occurred that may affect data integrity or system stability. Correct the problem as soon as possible.

• Warning. A problem occurred that may affect system stability but not data integrity. Evaluate the problem and correct it if necessary.

• Informational. A configuration or state change occurred, or a problem occurred that the system corrected. No action is required.

• Resolved. A condition that caused an event to be logged has been resolved.

For information about viewing events, see the show events command.

Using the CLI