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Working with the Cisco IOS File System,

Configuration Files, and Software Images

This appendix describes how to manipulate the IE 3010 switch flash file syst em, how to copy
configuration files, and how to archive (upload and download) software images to a switch.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the switch
command reference for this release and the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command
Reference, Release 12.2 from the Cisco.com page under Documentation > Cisco IOS Software > 12.2
Mainline > Command References.

Working with the Flash File System

The flash file system is a single flash device on which you can store files. It also provides several
commands to help you manage software image and configuration files. The default flash file system on
the switch is named flash:.
Displaying Available File Systems
To display the available file systems on your switch, use the show file systems privileged EXEC
command as shown in this example.
Switch# show file systems
File Systems:
Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
- - opaque ro bs:
* 134086656 117346304 flash rw flash:
- - opaque rw system:
- - opaque rw tmpsys:
524288 518334 nvram rw nvram:
- - opaque ro xmodem:
- - opaque ro ymodem:
- - opaque rw null:
- - opaque ro tar:
- - network rw tftp:
- - network rw rcp:
- - network rw http:
- - network rw ftp: