File systems

The device supports the following storage media:

• Flash memory.

• Hot-swappable storage medium USB disk.

The flash memory has one file system.

The USB disk can be partitioned. An unpartitioned USB disk has one file system. A partitioned USB disk has one file system on each partition.

The name of the file system on a flash memory has the following parts:

• File system location. For more information, see "File system location".

• Storage medium type flash.

• Colon (:).

The name of a file system on a USB disk has the following parts:

• File system location. For more information, see "File system location".

• Storage medium type usb.

• Sequence number, a lower-case English letter such as a, b, or c.

• Partition number, a digit that starts at 0 and increments by 1. If the USB disk is not partitioned, the system determines that the USB disk has one partition.

• Colon (:).

For example, the file system on the first partition of the first USB disk is named usba0:.

	IMPORTANT: File system names are case sensitive and must be entered in lower case.

To identify a file system on the master device, you do not need to specify the file system location. To identify a file system on a subordinate member device, you must specify the file system location in the slotn# format. The n argument represents the IRF member ID of the member device. For example, the location is slot2# for a file system that resides on member device 2.

You are working with the default file system by default after you log in. To specify a file or directory on the default file system, you do not need to specify the file system name. For example, you do not need to specify any location information if you want to save the running configuration to the root directory of the default file system.

To change the default file system, use the BootWare or Boot ROM menu. For more information, see the software release notes.