F3726, F3211, F3174, R5135, R3816-HP Firewalls and UTM Devices System Management and Maintenance Command Reference-6PW100

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Syntax
format medium-name [ FAT16 | FAT32 ]
Views
User view
Default command level
3: Manage level
Parameters
medium-name: Name of a storage medium (for example, flash0) that does not support partition or name
of a partition (for example, cfa0) of a storage medium that has been partitioned.
The following matrix shows the values for the medium-name argument on different firewalls and UTM
devices:
Hardware Stora
g
e medium name
F1000-A-EI/F1000-S-EI flash 0
F1000-E cfa0
F5000 cfa0
Firewall module cfa0
U200-A cfa0
U200-S cfa0
FAT16: Formats a storage medium using the FAT16 format. FAT16 does not support Tab matching and
must be entered completely if used.
FAT32: Formats a storage medium using the FAT32 format. FAT32 does not support Tab matching and
must be entered completely if used.
Usage guidelines
After a storage medium is formatted, all files on it are erased and cannot be restored. If a startup
configuration file exists on the storage medium, formatting the storage medium results in loss of the
startup configuration file.
To format a storage medium that has been partitioned, you must format all the partitions individually,
instead of formatting the medium as a whole. For example, you can execute commands like format cfa0
and format cfa1, and you cannot execute the format cfa command.
Examples
# Format the CF card using the FAT16 format.
<Sysname> format cfa FAT16
# Format the third partition on the CF card.
<Sysname> format cf2:
All data on cf2: will be lost, proceed with format? [Y/N]:y
./
%Format cf2: completed.