Chapter 2
Cisco IOS Commands
boot buffersize
Use the boot buffersize global configuration command to specify the size of the file system-simulated
nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) in Flash memory. The buffer holds a copy of the configuration file in
memory. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
Syntax Description
size
Defaults
The default is 32 KB.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Release
12.1(4)EA1
Usage Guidelines
The configuration file cannot be larger than the buffer size allocation.
You must reload the switch by using the reload privileged EXEC command for this command to take
effect.
This command changes the setting of the CONFIG_BUFSIZE environment variable. For more
information, see
Related Commands
Command
show boot
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boot buffersize size
no boot buffersize
The buffer allocation size in bytes. The range is 4096 to 524288 bytes.
Modification
This command was first introduced.
Appendix A, "Boot Loader Commands."
Description
Displays the settings of the boot environment variables.
Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Command Reference
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