The S9300 series switches can start by using the startup file in the CF card. In this case, the system software package is stored on the CF card. It is required to specify the system software package on the CF card as the boot file.

On the S9300 series switches, logs can be stored on the CF cards. Log files are stored in the folder named year-month-date.hour-minute-second.log(diag).txt on the CF card. The maximum size of each file is 8 MB. The log files are written to the CF card cyclically. The current file is log(diag).txt. log indicates the system log and diag indicates the diagnostic log.

The log files are recorded in text format. The file whose size is larger than 8 MB will be compressed into a zip file. You can use the more command to view logs on the switches. In addition, you can transfer the files stored on the CF card to a PC through FTP and view the files on the PC.