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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
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Managing Configuration Files
This chapter describes how to initially configure switches using the configuration files so they can be
accessed by other devices. This chapter includes the following sections:
• About Flash Devices, page 16-1
• Formatting Flash Devices and File Systems, page 16-2
• Using the File System, page 16-2
• Downloading Configuration Files to the Switch, page 16-7
About Flash Devices
Every switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family contains one internal bootflash (see Figure 16-1). The
Cisco MDS 9500 Series additionally contains one external CompactFlash called slot0 (see Figure 16-1
and Figure 16-2).
Figure 16-1 Flash Devices in the Cisco MDS 9000 Supervisor Module
External
CompactFlash
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Internal
bootflash
Internal
bootflash
Cisco MDS 9500 Series Director
Slot 0
Cisco MDS 9200 Series Switch