Establishing a connection to an Stelnet server based on Suite
B
Task
Establish a
connection to an
Stelnet server based
on Suite B.
Configuring the device as an SFTP client
SFTP client configuration task list
Tasks at a glance
(Optional.)
Specifying the source IP address for SFTP packets
(Required.)
(Optional.)
Establishing a connection to an SFTP server based on Suite B
(Optional.)
Working with SFTP directories
(Optional.)
Working with SFTP files
(Optional.)
Displaying help information
(Optional.)
Terminating the connection with the SFTP server
Specifying the source IP address for SFTP packets
As a best practice, specify the IP address of a loopback interface as the source address of SFTP
packets for the following purposes:
•
Ensuring the communication between the SFTP client and the SFTP server.
•
Improving the manageability of SFTP clients in the authentication service.
To specify the source IP address for SFTP packets:
Command
•
Establish a connection to an IPv4 Stelnet server
based on Suite B:
ssh2 server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ] suite-b [ 128-bit | 192-bit ]
pki-domain domain-name [ server-pki-domain
domain-name ] [ prefer-compress zlib ] [ dscp
dscp-value | escape character | source
{ interface interface-type interface-number | ip
ip-address } ] *
•
Establish a connection to an IPv6 Stelnet server
based on Suite B:
ssh2 ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ] [ -i interface-type
interface-number ] suite-b [ 128-bit | 192-bit ]
pki-domain domain-name [ server-pki-domain
domain-name ] [ interface interface-type
interface-number ] [ prefer-compress zlib ]
[ dscp dscp-value | escape character | source
{ interface interface-type interface-number |
ipv6 ipv6-address } ] *
Establishing a connection to an SFTP server
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Remarks
Available in user view.
The client cannot establish
connections to both IPv4
and IPv6 Stelnet servers.