Dinfo - Display The Status Of All Memory Cards - Nortel Versalar 15000 Troubleshooting Manual

Managing and Troubleshooting the Versalar Switch Router 15000

dinfo - Display the Status of All Memory Cards

To display the status of all memory cards currently installed in the router, enter the
dinfo
memory cards installed in slots 9.
$ dinfo
VOL
9:
Figure 2-1.
The
Vol: Slot number where the memory card is currently installed. (Vol is short for
volume.)
State: Either formatted or corrupted. If you purchase a card from another supplier,
the
dinfo
it. (See
Total Size: Total number of bytes (used and unused) on the memory card.
Free Space: Number of unused bytes on the memory card.
Contig Free Space: Number of unused bytes in the largest block of available space
on the memory card.
Data is written sequentially to the memory cards from lower to higher memory
addresses. Files are written sequentially to memory. If a file is deleted, the space is
not freed up; therefore, eventually all of the memory space is used. To resolve or
prevent this problem, run the
leaving no unused memory between files, thereby creating contiguous free
memory following the files. For more information, see
Space" on
2-6
command. Figure 2-1
STATE
FORMATTED
Sample dinfo Display
command displays the following data:
dinfo
display may list it as corrupted. If a card is corrupted, be sure to format
"format - Format a Memory
page 2-4.
shows a sample
dinfo
TOTAL SIZE FREE SPACE
16777216 13244950
Card" on page 2-8
compact command, which reorganizes the files,
display of a system with
CONTIG FREE SPACE
4251050
for instructions.)
"compact - Compact File
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