Ftp Lighting Configuration; Ftp Lighting Procedure - Huawei Quidway S5600 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - File System Management
Quidway S5100-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 FTP/TFTP Lighting Configuration

2.1 FTP Lighting Configuration

2.1.1 Introduction to FTP
File transfer protocol (FTP) is a commonly used method to transfer files over the
Internet and IP networks. Before the emergence of World Wide Web (WWW), users
transfer files with command lines, and the most commonly used application for this
method is FTP.
FTP is an application-layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite. It is used for file
transfer between remote server and local host.
The Ethernet switch provides the following FTP services:
FTP server: A user runs FTP client on a PC and logs into the Ethernet switch
which acts as an FTP server (the network administrator should configure the IP
address of the FTP server before the user can successfully log in). Then the user
can access the files on the FTP server.
FTP client: A user runs a terminal emulation program or Telnet program on a PC
and connects to the Ethernet switch which acts as an FTP client. After that, the
user input the ftp X.X.X.X command (where, X.X.X.X represents the IP address of
an FTP server) to establish a connection between the Ethernet switch and a
remote FTP server. Then, the user can access the files on the remote FTP server.

2.1.2 FTP Lighting Procedure

Caution:
The FTP server and the FTP client must be reachable to each other for the FTP
function to operate normally.
I. Enabling FTP server on the switch
After FTP server is enabled on an S5600 switch, the seven-segment digital LED on the
front panel of the switch will rotate clockwise when an FTP client is uploading file to the
FTP server (the S5600 switch), and will stop rotating when the file uploading is finished,
as show in Figure 2-1.
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Chapter 2 FTP/TFTP Lighting Configuration