Dell Force10 E300 Installing And Maintaining

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56 | The Compact Flash Cardw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o mFormatting a Compact Flash CardNew Compact Flash cards must be formatted in the E300 before use.Flash cards used on systems other than the E300, as well as cards formatted on PCs, must be reformattedin the E300 flash slot before they can be used. Similar to formatting a new diskette, formatting erases allinformation stored on the flash card.The Compact Flash supports 100 files. To format the Compact Flash card:FTOS supports up to a 40-character file name length, up to a 180-character local file path length, and upto a 256-character remote file path length.Refer to the FTOS Command Line Interface Reference for more CLI commands related tothe Compact Flash card.Step Task1 Insert the flash card into the flash slot on the primary RPM.2 In the CLI, enter format slot0:3 The formatted flash card is ready to use.