3Com 5500-SI Configuration Manual page 519

Enabling FTP Server on Switch
After FTP server is enabled on an SWITCH 5500 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 SWITCH 5500 switch), and will stop rotating when the file
uploading is finished, as show in Figure 145.
Figure 145 7Clockwise rotating of the seven-segment digital LED
Table 586 Upload file from an FTP client to the switch acting as FTP server
Device Operation
FTP client Log into the
remote FTP
server
Upload file from
the FTP client to
the FTP server
FTP server Enable FTP server ftp sever enable
(SWITCH
5500)
Add a local user
and enter local
user view
Set a password
for the local user
Set the password
display mode of
local users
Command Description
Required
For detailed configuration, refer to the
configuration instruction relevant to FTP
client.
Required
For detailed configuration, refer to the
configuration instruction relevant to FTP
client.
Required
By default, FTP server is disabled.
local-user Required
user-name
password { simple Required
| cipher } password
local-user Optional
password-display By default, this mode is auto (that is, the
-mode { auto | switch displays user passwords in the
cipher-force } modes adopted when the passwords are
set).
FTP Lighting Configuration 519