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APPENDIX
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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 or to a switch stack.
Unless otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a standalone switch and to a switch stack.
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.
This appendix consists of these sections:
• Working with the Flash File System, page B-1
• Working with Configuration Files, page B-9
• Working with Software Images, page B-23
Note The Catalyst Switch Module 3110 and 3012 use the cryptographic and noncryptographic universal
software images. The Catalyst Switch Module 3110 supports multiple feature sets, but the Catalyst
Switch Module 3012 supports only the IP base feature set.
For information about using the software activation feature with the universal software image, see the
Cisco Software Activation for IBM on Cisco.com
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:.
As viewed from the stack master, or any stack member, flash: refers to the local flash device, which is
attached to the same switch on which the file system is being viewed. In a switch stack, each of the flash
devices of the various stack members can be viewed from the stack master. The names of these flash file
systems include the corresponding switch member numbers. For example, flash3:, as viewed from the
stack master, refers to the same file system as does flash: on stack member 3. Use the show file systems
privileged EXEC command to list all file systems, including the flash file systems in the switch stack.
