
Operation Manual – File System Management
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 File System Management Configuration
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Table 1-1
Descriptions on file attributes
Attribute name
Description
Feature
Identifier
main
Identifies main
startup files. The
main startup file is
preferred for a
switch to start up.
In the Flash memory,
there can be only one
app file, one
configuration file and
one Web file with the
main attribute.
(*)
backup
Identifies backup
startup files. The
backup startup file
is used after a
switch fails to start
up using the main
startup file.
In the Flash memory,
there can be only one
app file, one
configuration file and
one Web file with the
backup attribute.
(b)
none
Identifies files that
are neither of main
attribute nor
backup attribute.
— None
Note:
A file can have both the main and backup attributes. Files of this kind are labeled *b.
Note that, there can be only one app file, one configuration file and one Web file with
the main attribute in the Flash memory. If a newly created file is configured to be with
the main attribute, the existing file with the main attribute in the Flash memory will lose
its main attribute. This circumstance also applies to the file with the backup attribute in
the Flash memory.
File operations and file attribute operations are independent. For example, if you delete
a file with the main attribute from the Flash memory, the other files in the flash memory
will not possess the main attribute. If you download a valid file with the same name as
the deleted file to the flash memory, the file will possess the main attribute.
After the Boot ROM of a switch is upgraded, the original default app file has the main
attribute.
1.2.2 Booting with the Startup File
The device selects the main startup file as the preferred startup file. If the device fails to
boot with the main startup file, it boots with the backup startup file.
For the Web file and configuration file, Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd (referred
to as H3C hereinafter) may provide corresponding default file when releasing software