Hp StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array CLI reference guide (481600-002, May 2008)

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Viewing Command Help

To view brief descriptions of all commands that are available to the user level you

logged in as, type:

To view help for a specific command, type either:

To view information about the syntax to use for specifying disk drives, virtual disks,

volumes, and volume mapping, type:

Size of Devices and Logical Units

The size of disk drives and logical units such as virtual disks and volumes are

presented in base 2 (binary) format, not base 10 (decimal) format. Table 1-1 shows

how sizes are presented in each format.

To check which format is being used, use “show cli-parameters” on page 164. To

change the output format, use “set cli-parameters” on page 118.

# help

command

# command ?

# help syntax

Table 1-1 Sizes in Binary and Decimal

Unit Size in Binary Size in Decimal

Kbyte 1024 bytes 1000 bytes

Mbyte 1024 Kbyte

1,048,576 bytes

1000 Kbyte

1 million bytes

Gbyte 1024 Mbyte

1,073,741,824 bytes

1000 Mbyte

1 billion bytes

Tbyte 1024 Gbyte

1,099,511,627,776 bytes

1000 Gbyte

1 trillion bytes