Enabling or Disabling the vFlash or Standard SD Card

Open a telnet/SSH/Serial console to the server, log in, and enter the following commands:

To enable vFlash or standard SD card:

racadm config -g cfgvFlashsd -o cfgvflashSDEnable 1

To disable vFlash or standard SD card:

racadm config -g cfgvFlashsd -o cfgvflashSDEnable 0

NOTE: The RACADM command functions only if a vFlash or standard SD card is

present. If a card is not present, the following message is displayed: ERROR: SD Card not present.

Initializing the vFlash or Standard SD Card

Open a telnet/SSH/Serial console to the server, log in, and enter the following command to initialize the card:

racadm vflashsd initialize

All existing partitions are deleted and the card is reset.

Getting the Last Status on the vFlash or Standard SD Card

Open a telnet/SSH/Serial console to the server, log in, and enter the following command to get the status of the last initialize command sent to the vFlash or standard SD card:

racadm vFlashsd status

NOTE: This command only shows the status of commands sent to the SD card. To get the status of commands sent to individual partitions on the SD card use the command:

racadm vflashpartition status

Resetting the vFlash or Standard SD Card

Open a telnet/SSH/Serial console to the server, log in, and enter:

racadm vflashsd initialize

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