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pedrojhd1218
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Switch HP Flash Free Space Problem

Hi

I try to upgrade the firmware of a Switch A5120 but it wasn´t not possyble due free space but the problem is that the free space does not match with the size of the files in the flash. 

With the size of the files i the flash the free space should be about 3000K and not 3 K

 

I send a displ version of the device

 

 

<OCESWBOGCL85P10R1A>displ ver
HP Comware Platform Software
Comware Software, Version 5.20.99, Release 2221
Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
HP A5120-48G-PoE+ EI Switch with 2 Interface Slots uptime is 138 weeks, 4 days, 16 hours, 12 minutes

HP A5120-48G-PoE+ EI Switch with 2 Interface Slots with 1 Processor
128M bytes SDRAM
16384K bytes Flash Memory

Hardware Version is REV.B
CPLD Version is 007
Bootrom Version is 607
[SubSlot 0] 48GE+4SFP+POE Plus Hardware Version is REV.B
[SubSlot 1] 2 SFP+ Hardware Version is REV.A
[SubSlot 2] 2 GE Hardware Version is REV.B

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parnassus
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Re: Switch HP Flash Free Space Problem


pedrojhd1218 wrote: With the size of the files i the flash the free space should be about 3000K and not 3K

Try issuing a dir /all CLI Command to display all files (hidden files and folders too), not only non hidden ones as the simple dir CLI Command does.

When you issue a simple delete filename CLI Command the deleted file goes to the flash recycle-bin folder (which is hidden); deleting that way, with the usual delete, is just moving files...not really erasing them from the flash (indeed you can issue the undelete filename CLI Command to recover deleted file).

When instead you issue a delete /unreserved filename the file is definitely erased and no undelete action is possible.

To definitely empty the recycle-bin hidden folder perform a reset recycle-bin (it requires confirmation(s)) or a reset recycle-bin /force (it doesn't require confirmation(s)).

So try to empty the flash recycle-bin to grow flash free space and see if, doing that, you achieve what is needed to safely upgrade your Switch Boot ROM (btm) and System (bin) firmware images.


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pedrojhd1218
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Re: Switch HP Flash Free Space Problem

hi parnassus                    

You were righ, I put dir /all and it show me a hiden file  ([default.diag]) but i´m not able to delete it

<OCESWBOGCL85P10R1A>dir /all
Directory of flash:/

   0     -rw-  13464233  Sep 16 2017 11:38:53   a5120ei-cmw520-r2221.bin
   1     drw-         -  Apr 26 2000 12:00:27   seclog
   2     -rwh      6212  Apr 13 2014 08:44:48   private-data.txt
   3     -rw-     24570  Mar 24 2017 17:36:29   startup.cfg
   4     -rw-       151  Mar 24 2017 17:36:06   system.xml
   5     -rwh         4  Apr 26 2000 07:02:24   snmpboots
   6     -rwh       951  Apr 26 2000 12:37:16   dsakey_v3
   7     -rwh       735  Feb 08 2014 10:06:27   hostkey_v3
   8     -rw-   2096984  Apr 09 2014 09:27:15   [default.diag]

15240 KB total (3 KB free)

 

<OCESWBOGCL85P10R1A>delete /unreserved flash:/[default.diag]
% Execution failure

<OCESWBOGCL85P10R1A>delete /unreserved flash:/default.diag 
% Execution failure

 

parnassus
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Re: Switch HP Flash Free Space Problem

What dir /all .trash command currently reports?

The file [filename] (filename file among [] square brackets) means that the filename file was already moved into the .trash hidden recycle-bin folder so it can't be deleted again since it was deleted yet.

If so you have two options to free up space:

  1. First restore (using undelete filename command) the deleted file [filename] - restoring that file will move it back on its original position from its actual position on the recycle-bin folder - and then finally delete it using the delete /unreserved filename command (that is erasing it without trashing it again into the recycle-bin, no restore will be possible).
  2. Permanently reset the actually non void recycle-bin with the above suggested reset recycle-bin /force command.

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