Chapter 6 Managing the Device Hardware

EPLD Configuration

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loader: version N/A

kickstart: version 4.0(2) [gdb]

system: version 4.0(2) [gdb]

...

Step 3 Verify that you have 120 MB of free space on the active or standby supervisor memory devices for the EPLD images that you will be downloading by using the dir bootflash: or dir slot0: commands. By default, these commands display the used and free memory for the active supervisor. If your system has an additional supervisor (a standby supervisor), use the show module command to find the module number for the other supervisor, use the attach module command to attach to the module number, and then use the dir bootflash: or dir slot0: command to determine the amount of used and free memory. See Example 10 to determine the amount of available bootflash memory, and see Example 11 to determine the amount of available slot0 memory.

Example 10

Determining the Amount of Available Bootflash Memory

 

switch# dir bootflash:

 

 

4096

Mar 18 17:31:11 2008 bak/

 

 

2429706

May 23 10:57:10 2008 dplug

 

 

89154513

May 27 22:04:37 2008 n7-dk9-nk

 

 

89151767

May 23 16:06:01 2008 n7-dk9-nk-old

 

2429706

May 23 10:53:50 2008 n7000-s1-debug-sh.4.0.2.bin1

 

22171136

May 23 10:55:40 2008 n7000-s1-kickstart.4.0.2.bin1

 

4096

May 23

13:03:37 2008 newer-fs/

 

 

4096

May 28

15:13:30 2008 nk/

 

 

127

Mar 20

16:37:59 2008 setip.sh

 

 

Usage for bootflash://sup-local

 

 

572186624 bytes used

 

 

306606080 bytes free

 

 

878792704 bytes total

 

 

switch# show module

 

 

 

Mod Ports

Module-Type

Model

Status

-------- -------------------------------- ------------------ ------------

2

32

10 Gbps Ethernet Module

N7K-M132XP-12

ok

5

0

Supervisor module-1X

N7K-SUP1

ha-standby

6

0

Supervisor module-1X

N7K-SUP1

active *

...

 

 

 

 

 

switch# attach module 5

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

 

switch(standby)# dir bootflash:

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

 

 

4096

Mar 18 17:31:11 2008 bak/

 

 

2429706

May 23

10:57:10 2008 dplug

 

 

89154513

May 27

22:04:37 2008 n7-dk9-nk

 

 

89151767

May 23

16:06:01 2008 n7-dk9-nk-old

 

2429706

May 23

10:53:50 2008 n7000-s1-debug-sh.4.0.2.bin1

 

22171136

May23

10:55:40 2008 n7000-s1-kickstart.4.0.2.bin1

 

 

4096

May23

13:03:37 2008 newer-fs/

 

 

 

4096

May28

15:13:30 2008 nk/

 

 

 

127

Mar20

16:37:59 2008 setip.sh

 

 

Usage for

bootflash://sup-local

572186624

bytes used

306606080

bytes free

878792704

bytes total

Example 11 Determining the Amount of Available Slot0 Memory

switch# dir slot0:

 

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