Ftp Configuration; Ftp Overview - H3C S9500 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual – System Management
H3C S9500 Series Routing Switches

1.3 FTP Configuration

Note:
The system supports FTP services over VPN.

1.3.1 FTP Overview

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a universal method for transmitting files on the Internet
and IP networks. In this method, files are copied from one system to another. FTP
supports definite file types (such as ASCII and Binary) and file structures (byte stream
and record). Even now, FTP is still used widely, while most users transmit files by Email
and Web.
FTP, a TCP/IP protocol on the application layer, is used for transmitting files between a
remote server and a local host.
The Ethernet switch provides the following FTP services:
FTP server: You can run FTP client program to log in the server and access the
files on it.
FTP client: You can run the ftp X.X.X.X command (where, X.X.X.X represents the
IP address of the remote FTP server) to set up a connection between the Ethernet
switch and a remote FTP server to access the files on the remote server.
Switch Switch Switch
Figure 1-1 FTP configuration
Table 1-10 lists the configuration of the switch as FTP client.
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