Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide 9.10(0.0)

The Dell Networking system can use the internal Flash, USB Flash, or remote devices to store files.

The system stores files on the internal Flash by default but you can configure the system to store files elsewhere.

The output of the show file-systems command in the following example shows the total capacity, amount of free memory, file structure, media type, read/write privileges for each storage device in use.

Dell#show file-systems
                              Size(b)    Free(b)   Feature Type    Flags Prefixes
                              2143281152 2000785408 FAT32 USERFLASH rw flash:
                              15848660992  831594496 FAT32 USBFLASH  rw usbflash:
                              -          -     -  network  rw ftp:
                              -          -     -  network  rw tftp:
                              -          -     -  network  rw scp:
                           

You can change the default file system so that file management commands apply to a particular device or memory.

You can change the default storage location to the USB Flash, as shown. File management commands then apply to the USB Flash rather than the internal Flash. The bold lines show that no file system is specified and that the file is saved to an USB Flash.

Dell#cd usbflash:
                              Dell#
                              copy running-config test
                              !
                              3998 bytes successfully copied
                              
                              DellS#dir
                              Directory of usbflash:
                              
                              1 drwx 4096 Jan 01 1980 00:00:00 +00:00 .
                              2 drwx 2048 May 02 2012 07:05:06 +00:00 ..
                              3 -rwx 1272 Apr 29 2011 16:15:14 +00:00 startup-config
                              4 -rwx 3998 
                              May 11 2011 23:36:12 +00:00 test