Managing Files; File Menu - Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual

Depending on the model type and configuration, an Alcatel switch has anywhere from 8 or
16 of usable flash memory. This memory is used to store files, including executable files
MB
(used to operate switching modules), configuration files, and switch usage log files. Through
the User Interface (
the has commands for displaying, creating, and editing
UI
All commands described in this chapter will work with files located in the
either the primary or secondary
reside on the
MPX
Processor Modules," for more information on commands for working with redundant
commands for file maintenance are grouped into two menus: the File menu and System
UI
menu. File menu commands are listed below. For a list of System menu commands, see
System Menu on page 7-13.

File Menu

The File menu contains commands for loading, listing, copying, and deleting individual
switch files. To access the File menu, enter
at the prompt.
UI
If verbose mode is enabled, the following list of commands will be displayed automatically.
If verbose mode is disabled, press the question mark ( ) to display the following list of
commands. (For information on enabling verbose mode, refer to the
tion in Chapter 4, "The User Interface.")
All commands in the File menu, except for the
following sections. For instructions on using the
"Installing Switch Software."
), you can load, copy, and delete any of these files types. In addition,
UI
. However, these commands work only with the files that
MPX
to which you are connected. See Chapter 6, "Configuring Management
o Note o
If you want to use the
menu commands, you must be logged in as
. See Chapter 4, "The User Interface," for more
information on login accounts.

7 Managing Files

(text-based) files.
ASCII
and commands, are described in the
and commands, refer to Chapter 5,
, , , and the
directory on
MPXs.
command descrip-
sub-
or
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