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Cisco IE 2000 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Working with the Cisco IOS File System,

Configuration Files, and Software Images

This appendix describes how to manipulate the switch flash file system, 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 15.0 from the Cisco.com page.

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:.
The switch has a removable compact flash card that stores the Cisco IOS software image and
configuration fi les. Removing the compact flash card does not interrupt switch operation unless you need to
reload the Cisco IOS software. However, if you remove the compact flash card, you do not have access to the
flash file system, and any attempt to access it generates an error message.
Use the show flash: privileged EXEC command to display the compact flash file settings. For more
information about the command, go to this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/configfun/command/reference/frf009.html#wp1018357
For information about how to remove or replace the compact flash memory card on the switch, see the
Cisco IE 2000 Hardware Installation Guide.
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: