VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Hardware Notes (September 2004)

Hardware Notes
Conventions
Chapter 1
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Conventions
The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this guide.
NOTE “Dynamic Disk Groups” were formerly known as “Disk Groups.” They are still sometimes
referred to as “Disk Groups” in VxVM documentation, CLI and menu displays.
Table 1-1
Typeface Usage Examples
monospace Computer output, file
contents, files, directories,
software elements such as
command options, function
names, and parameters
Read tunables from the
/etc/vx/tunefstab file.
See the ls(1) manual page for
more information.
italic New terms, book titles,
emphasis, variables to be
replaced by a name or
value
See the User’s Guide for details.
The variable ncsize determines
the value of...
monospace
(bold)
User input; the “#” symbol
indicates a command
prompt
# mount vxfs /h/filesys
monospace
( bold and
italic )
Variables to be replaced by
a name or value in user
input
# mount -F fstype
mount_point
Symbol Usage Examples
% C shell prompt
$ Bourne/Korn/Bash shell
prompt
# Superuser prompt (all
shells)
\ Continued input on the
following line
# mount -F vxfs /h/filesys
[] In a command synopsis,
brackets indicates an
optional argument
ls [ -a ]
| In a command synopsis, a
vertical bar separates
mutually exclusive
arguments
mount [suid | nosuid ]