Configuring The Sftp Connection Idle Timeout Period; Configuring The Switch As An Sftp Client; Specifying A Source Ip Address Or Interface For The Sftp Client; Establishing A Connection To The Sftp Server - HP 5500 HI Series Configuration Manual

To enable the SFTP server:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enable the SFTP server.

Configuring the SFTP connection idle timeout period

Once the idle period of an SFTP connection exceeds the specified threshold, the system automatically
tears the connection down.
To configure the SFTP connection idle timeout period:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure the SFTP
connection idle timeout
period.

Configuring the switch as an SFTP client

Specifying a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client

You can configure a client to use only a specified source IP address or interface to access the SFTP server,
enhancing the service manageability.
To specify a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Specify a source IP address or
interface for the SFTP client.

Establishing a connection to the SFTP server

This configuration task will enable the SFTP client to establish a connection to the remote SFTP server and
enter SFTP client view.
To enable the SFTP client:
Command
system-view
sftp server enable
Command
system-view
sftp server idle-timeout
time-out-value
Command
system-view
•
Specify a source IPv4 address
or interface for the SFTP client:
sftp client source { ip ip-address
| interface interface-type
interface-number }
•
Specify a source IPv6 address
or interface for the SFTP client:
sftp client ipv6 source { ipv6
ipv6-address | interface
interface-type
interface-number }
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Remarks
N/A
Disabled by default.
Remarks
N/A
Optional.
10 minutes by default.
Remarks
N/A
Use either command.
By default, an SFTP client uses the
IP address of the interface
specified by the route of the switch
to access the SFTP server.