Determining The Current Management Focus; Switching The Management Focus - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

Syntax: format slot1 | slot2
The slot1 | slot2 keyword specifies the PCMCIA slot that contains the flash card you are formatting.

Determining the current management focus

For conceptual information about management focus, refer to
If you are not sure which file system has the current management focus, enter the following
command.
BigIron RX# pwd
Flash /flash/
Syntax: pwd
In this example, the management focus is the flash memory.
In the following example, the management focus is the root directory of the flash card in slot 1.
BigIron RX# pwd
/slot1/
In the following example, the management focus is a subdirectory called "test" on the flash card in
slot 1.
BigIron RX# pwd
/slot1/test/

Switching the management focus

The effect of file management commands depends on the file system that has the current
management focus. For example, if you enter a command to delete a file and do not specify the
location of the file, the software attempts to delete the file from the location that currently has the
management focus.
By default, the management focus is on the management module's flash memory. You can switch
the focus from flash memory to the management module's slot 1 or slot 2 using the cd or chdir
commands, which have the same syntax and function exactly the same.
For example, to switch the focus from flash memory to the flash card in slot 2, enter the following
command.
BigIron RX# cd /slot2
BigIron RX#
When you enter this command, the software changes the management focus to slot 2 then
displays a new command prompt. If a slot you specify does not contain a flash card, the software
displays the message shown in the following example.
BigIron RX# cd /slot1
Device not present
Syntax: cd <directory-pathname>
Syntax: chdir <directory-pathname>
BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Flash memory and PCMCIA flash card file management commands
2048 bytes in each allocation unit.
39458 allocation units available on card.
"Management focus" on page 37.
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