# Managing the Flash File System

The flash file system tool is for managing files, such as router image files and router configuration files, stored in flash memory on routers.

Before you can use the tool, you must

Configure each such router for flash administration.

Configure the network management workstation for flash administration.

To start the flash file system tool, select Flash File Systems under the Admin menu on the menu bar. A window appears with two parts or panes.

| Local File System | Files on the system on which CiscoView is running.
| Remote File System | Files in any of the flash memory devices on the router.

Two buttons appear in both the Local File System pane and the Remote File System pane:

| Edit | Edit a file.
| Delete | Delete a file.

Two buttons appear only in the Remote File System pane. They apply to the selected flash partition as a whole:

| Squeeze | Reclaim flash memory space for use.
| Erase | Delete all files and squeeze the flash file system.

Between the two panes are

| Arrow buttons | Copy files.
| Close button | Close the Flash File Systems tool.
| Help button | Access this help system.

The Flash File Systems tool is not supported under Windows 95. It is supported only for the UNIX and Windows NT operating systems and requires:

IOS version 10.2 or greater for 7000 series routers

IOS version 11.0 or greater for 7200 and 7500 series routers