Ftp And Sftp Configuration; Introduction To Ftp And Sftp; Introduction To Ftp - H3C S5600 SERIES Operation Manual

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FTP and SFTP Configuration

When configuring FTP and SFTP, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

FTP Configuration

SFTP Configuration

FTP banner is newly added. For details, see section

Introduction to FTP and SFTP

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is commonly used in IP-based networks to transmit files. Before World

Wide Web comes into being, files are transferred through command lines, and the most popular

application is FTP. At present, although E-mail and Web are the usual methods for file transmission,

FTP still has its strongholds.

As an application layer protocol, FTP is used for file transfer between remote server and local client.

FTP uses TCP ports 20 and 21 for data transfer and control command transfer respectively. Basic FTP

operations are described in RFC 959.

FTP-based file transmission is performed in the following two modes:

Binary mode for program file transfer

ASCII mode for text file transfer

An H3C S5600 series Ethernet switch can act as an FTP client or the FTP server in FTP-employed data

transmission:

Table 1-1 Roles that an H3C S5600 series Ethernet switch acts as in FTP

An Ethernet switch can operate as an FTP server to provide file

transmission services for FTP clients. You can log in to a switch

operating as an FTP server by running an FTP client program on your

PC to access files on the FTP server.

In this case, you need to establish a connection between your PC and

the switch through a terminal emulation program or Telnet, execute the

ftp X.X.X.X command on your PC. (X.X.X.X is the IP address of an FTP

server or a host name), and enter your user name and password in

turn. A switch can operate as an FTP client, through which you can

access files on the FTP server.

Configuring the banner for an FTP

prerequisite

route exists

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