Chapter 1
Managing the CSS Software
From an FTP server, you can view the following directories on the hard disk or
Flash disk:
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When you view the CSS software directories installed on a network drive, more
Caution
directories are listed than those you can view on the hard disk or Flash disk. The
additional directories are reserved for internal use. Do not manipulate the files in
these directories.
The software directory also contains the startup-config file. The startup-config is
an ASCII file containing commands that the CSS executes at startup. This file is
created when you:
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The log directory contains the following log files:
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boot.log - ASCII log of the boot process
boot.bak - Backup of the previous boot log
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sys.log - ASCII log of system events (logging to disk is enabled by
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default to subsystem all and level info)
sys.log.prev - Backup of the previous system log file (if any)
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The scripts directory contains default, profile, and sample scripts.
The core directory contains any core dumps created by the CSS. For
information on copying core dumps to an FTP or TFTP server, see the
"Enabling and Copying Core Dumps"
The MIB directory contains MIB files that you can load in to
SNTP-compliant network management software applications.
Finish using the Configuration Script (refer to the Cisco Content Services
Switch Getting Started Guide).
Use the copy running-config startup-config or write memory command
(see the
"Saving the Running-Config to the Startup-Config File"
Both commands save configuration changes to the startup-config file during
a CSS session. The write memory command also archives the startup
configuration file to the archive directory on the CSS (similar to the archive
startup-config command, see the
section).
Use FTP to copy a startup-config file to the CSS.
section.
"Archiving Files to the Archive Directory"
Cisco Content Services Switch Administration Guide
CSS Software Overview
section).
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