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9 Managing the File Systems
This section describes the file systems used on the Cisco 10008 router and provides procedures for performing basic file system
tasks.
File Systems
The Cisco 10008 router includes the file systems described in the following table.
Flash disks and the smaller Flash cards use similar commands. The primary syntax change is that disk0: or disk1: refers to Flash
disks, and slot0: or slot1: refers to Flash cards.
You can use the privileged EXEC commands dir, del, and copy to manage the contents of the file systems. You can also use the
commands mkdir and rmdir to create and remove directories on Flash disks. You cannot use the commands squeeze and undelete
on Flash disks. For more information, refer to the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
Copying the Startup Configuration to the Running Configuration
Use the copy startup-config running-config command to copy the startup configuration file on NVRAM to the running
configuration. If your startup configuration file is approaching the NVRAM limit of 512 KB, you must either compress it or
relocate it as described in the “Managing Configuration Files Larger than NVRAM” section on page 42.
Tip If your configuration file is large, run the copy startup-config running-config command during off-peak hours. This
command might slow down traffic for several minutes while the system is merging the starting and the running
configurations.
Table3 File Systems
File System CLI Name Description
Bootflash
Secondary bootflash
bootflash:
sec-bootflash:
Stores image and dump files.
NVRAM
Secondary NVRAM
nvram:
sec-nvram:
Typically stores the system default configuration file and startup
configuration file.
System system: Stores the running configuration and other system files.
Disk 0
Disk 1
Slot 0
Slot 1
Secondary Disk 0
Secondary Disk 1
Secondary Slot 0
Secondary Slot 1
disk0:
disk1:
slot0:
slot1:
sec-disk0:
sec-disk1:
sec-slot0:
sec-slot1:
Disk refers to an ATA Flash disk (48 or 128 MB).
Slot refers to a Flash card (8, 16, or 20 MB).
0 refers to the left slot on the PRE.
1 refers to the right slot on the PRE.
Secondary refers to the secondary PRE in a redundant system.
FTP
TFTP
RCP
ftp:
tftp:
rcp:
Protocols used for accessing files that are stored remotely.