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This guide uses the following terms:

Filer refers to a PowerVault 720N, 740N, or 760N storage system.

System refers, at a minimum, to a filer and a connected PowerVault 700N Disk Array Enclosure (DAE) storage system. A tape backup device can also be a com- ponent of the system, but is not required.

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You can enter filer commands on either the console or from any client computer that can access the filer through telnet.

In examples that illustrate commands executed on a UNIX workstation, this guide uses the command syntax of SunOS 4.1.x. The command syntax and output might differ, depending on your version of UNIX.

This guide uses the term "type" to mean pressing one or more keys on the keyboard. It uses the term "enter" to mean pressing one or more keys and then pressing the Enter key.

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When describing key combinations, this guide uses the hyphen (-) to separate individ- ual keys. For example, "Ctrl-D" means pressing the "Control" and "D" keys simultaneously. Also, this guide uses the term "Enter" to refer to the key that gener- ates a carriage return, although the key is named "Return" on some keyboards.

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Typographical conventions used in this guide are shown in the following table:

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Words or characters that require special attention.

 

File names.

 

Placeholders for information you must supply. For

 

example, if the guide says to enter the arp -d

 

hostname command, you enter the characters

 

"arp -d" followed by the actual name of the host.

 

Man page names.

 

Book titles in cross-references.

 

 

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