Deployment Guide

1088 Fabric OS Command Reference
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supportFtp
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supportFtp
Sets, clears, or displays support FTP parameters and enables or disables auto file transfer.
SYNOPSIS supportftp [-S]
supportftp -s [-h host][-u username][-p password]
[-d remotedirectory] [-l protocol]
supportftp -t hours
supportftp -R
supportftp -e
supportftp -d
DESCRIPTION Use this command to set, clear, or display supportFtp parameters. The parameters set by this command
are used by the supportSave and traceDump commands.
NOTES The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.
OPERANDS This command has the following operands:
-S
Displays the current supportFtp parameters.
-s
Sets the supportFtp parameters. The following operands are optional. If the -s
option is specified without further operands, the command interactively prompts
for these parameters.
-h host
Specifies the host. Provide an IP address or a server name. IPv4 and IPv6
addresses are supported. To specify the host by name, a DNS entry must exist for
the server.
-u username
Specifies the user name. The user name must be less than 48 characters long.
-p password
Specifies the account password. The password must be less than 48 characters
long. When using the reserved user names such as anonymous or FTP, a
password is not required.
-d remotedirectory
Specifies the remote directory where the trace dump files are stored. The directory
name must be less than 48 characters long. Specifying the root directory as the
remote directory (/) is not allowed.
-l protocol
Specifies the transfer protocol. Valid values are file transfer protocol (FTP), secure
copy protocol (SCP), or secure FTP (SFTP).
-t hours
Specifies the time interval, in units of hours, at which the server connectivity is
checked.