
Managing Routers and BNX Platforms
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Formatting a Memory Card or Flash SIMM
The Format option allows you to format and initialize a memory card. Use the
Format option to format new memory cards, if you did not obtain them from Bay
Networks.
To format a volume, begin at the Router Files Manager window and proceed as
follows:
1. Select the volume that contains the memory card you want to format.
2. Select Commands➔Format.
A confirmation window appears.
3. Click on OK.
The router formats and initializes the memory card.
4. Display a list of the volume’s contents when the format operation is done.
The format process is complete if the Router Files Manager does not display a list
of files.
Partitioning Media on Bay Networks Routers
Site Manager lets you partition the nonvolatile file system (NVFS) on
Bay Networks Access Nodes (ANs) or Access Stack Nodes (ASNs). These routers
use a single flash file system; that is, the routers have only one medium where the
file system resides. The NVFS for the AN resides on a Single Inline Memory
Module (SIMM). The ASN uses a flash memory card. (You can stack ASNs and
use more than one flash memory card in the stack to achieve file system
redundancy. In this case, partitioning would not be necessary.) If the single flash
file system fails, the router has no backup file system from which to boot.
Note: References to memory cards in this section also apply to flash SIMMs
(Single Inline Memory Modules).
Caution: You cannot recover files from a memory card after you use the
Format option. We recommend that you copy them to a second memory card
before you use the Format option.
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