Ftp Lighting Configuration; Introduction To Ftp; Ftp Lighting Procedure - 3Com 5500-SI Configuration Manual

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FTP Lighting
Configuration

Introduction to FTP

FTP Lighting Procedure

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To ensure that the switch can use the current configurations after it restarts, you are
recommended to save the current configurations by using the save command before
restarting the switch.
If multiple switches compose one fabric, executing the save command will make
each unit in the fabric save its own startup configuration file
This section contains configuration information for FTP Lighting.
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 line method, and the most commonly used application
for this method is FTP. Now, most users choose e-mail and Web to transfer files.
However, FTP is still used widely.
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
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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
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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.
Figure 144 Network diagram for FTP configuration
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The FTP server and the FTP client must be reachable to each other for the FTP function
to operate normally.
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