Hitachi NAS Platform 4000 Series - Audience; Conventions

Audience
This guide is written for owners and eld service personnel who may have to repair the
system har
dwar
e. It is written with the assumption that the reader has a good working
knowledge of computer systems and the replacement of computer parts.
Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this document:
Convention Meaning
Command
This
xed-space font denotes liter
al items such as commands,
les, routines, path names, signals, messages, and
programming language structures.
variable The italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or
concepts being dened. Italic typeface is also used for book
titles.
user input
This bold xed-space font denotes literal items that the user
enters in interactive sessions. Output is shown in nonbold,
xed-space font.
[ and ] Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive
line.
… Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated.
GUI element This font denotes the names of graphical user interface (GUI)
elements such as windows, screens, dialog boxes, menus,
toolbars, icons, buttons, boxes, elds, and lists.
The following types of messages are used throughout this manual. It is recommended
that these icons and messages ar
e r
ead and clearly understood before proceeding:
A tip contains supplementary information that is useful in completing
a task.
A note contains information that helps to install or operate the
system eectively.
A caution indicates the possibility of damage to data or equipment.
Do not pr
oceed be
yond a caution message until the requirements are
fully understood.
Audience
Chapter 1: About this manual
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