Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 91)

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Verifying available flash space on the management module before an image is copied
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• Format a flash card
• Determine the current management focus
• Switch the management focus
• Display a directory of files
• Display the contents of a file
• Display the hexadecimal output of a file
• Create a subdirectory
• Remove a subdirectory
• Rename a file
• Change the read-write attribute of a file
• Delete a file
• Recover (undelete) a file
• Append one file to another (join two files)
• Perform copy operations using the copy command
• Perform copy operations using the cp command
• Load the system software from flash memory, a flash card, or other sources during system
reboot
• Change the save location of the startup-config file from the default location (flash memory) to a
flash card in slot 1 or 2
You can access all file management commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI.
CAUTION
Do not add or remove a flash card while a file operation involving the slot where the flash card is
installed is in progress. Doing so can result in corruption of the flash card. If this occurs, you may
need to reformat the flash card to make it usable again. Reformatting erases all data stored on
the card.
Verifying available flash space on the management
module before an image is copied
The Management Module of the Brocade system accommodates 32 MB of flash space. However,
as the size of the Interface Module, Management Module, and FPGA images increase, the
Management Module flash may not have enough space to accommodate these images. The space
in the Management Module flash is too small to hold more than two images (primary and
secondary) and hence, downloading a new image is not possible without deleting one of the
images that is already present in the flash.
Before an image is copied onto the Management Module or Interface Module, the software now
checks to refer to if there is enough space available in the Management Module flash to support
the copy operation. If there is not enough free space available on the Management Module flash,
the following error message will display on the user interface.