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Port monitoring uses a 

RAM

 disk for fast temporary storage of data capture files. The 

RAM

 disk 

has a separate directory designation of 

. 

RAM

-based files are created in 

DOS-FAT

 format 

and they are displayed in 

UPPERCASE

. 

You can copy files between the 

 disk system and the standard 

 file system. In addi-

tion, files in the 

RAM

 disk system are retrievable via 

FTP

. Both the 

 file system and the 

 file system are accessible by using the 

UNIX/DOS

-style change directory (

) command. 

♦ Note ♦

The 

RAM

 drive is part of 

DRAM

 memory. If you power 

off or reboot the switch, any files saved in the 

RAM

 

drive will be lost.

The 

 command allows you to select the size of the 

RAM

 disk file system or to delete the 

RAM

 disk. In addition, it allows you to configure the amount of data collected for each packet 

capture. To begin configuring 

RAM

 drive resources, enter

A screen similar to the following displays:

To change one of the settings, enter a 

 and press 

. You will be prompted for a new 

RAM

 drive size. Select a size in kilobytes between 1000 and 8000. You can also delete the 

RAM

 drive by entering a size of zero (0). Changing the 

RAM

 disk size also requires that you 

reboot the system.

The 

controls the amount of data displayed to the terminal when you choose to 

dump session data to the computer screen. You can specify the number of lines to display 
while viewing port monitor data on the screen.

After a port monitoring session is enabled the default directory is the 

RAM

 disk system (

). 

To switch back to the standard default flash file system (

) use the 

 command. To 

switch back to the default directory, enter

To switch back to the 

RAM

 disk directory, enter