3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide Guide

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FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
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You can provide the directory argument in the following two ways in this chapter.
■ In the form of [drive] [path]. In this case, the argument can be a string
containing 1 to 64 characters.
■ By specifying the name of a storage device, such as flash:/ and cf:/.
You can provide the file-url argument in the following two ways in this chapter.
■ In the form of [drive] [path] [file name]. In this case, the argument can be a
string containing 1 to 64 characters.
■ By specifying the name of a storage device, such as flash:/ and cf:/.
File System
Configuration
Introduction to File
System
To facilitate management on storage devices such as the Flash of a switch, An
Ethernet switch has the file system module built in. The file system allows you to
access and manage files and directories, such as the operations of
creating/deleting/modifying/renaming a file or a directory and displaying the
contents of a file.
By default, a switch prompts for confirmation before executing the commands
which have potential risks (for example, deleting and overwriting files).
The Switch 7750 supports Switch Fabric switchover. Both the primary and the
secondary Switch Fabric have file system built in for you to manipulate the files on
the both Switch Fabrics. Note that the URL of a file on the secondary Switch Fabric
must begin with slot[No.]#flash:/, where No. is the number of the slot where the
secondary Switch Fabric is seated. Assume that the secondary Switch Fabric is
seated in slot 1, then you need to use slot1#flash:/text.txt to identify the file
named text.txt and residing in the root directory of the secondary Switch Fabric.
CF Card Configuration You can use CF (compact flash) card on a Switch 7750 to extend the memory
space. A CF card can be seated in the compact flash slot of a Switch Fabric.
■ With a CF card seated in the compact flash slot, you can access the root
directory of the CF card by executing the cd cf: command.
■ The commands used to manipulate files, such as dir, copy, delete, and move,
apply to the files on a CF card.
■ You can disable a CF card by using the umount cf: command. To use a
disabled CF card again, you need to remove it and install it again.