Administrator Guide
To disable the secure mode, use no enable secure command. For the changes to take eect, save the conguration and reboot
the system. Once the system exits secure mode, all the restrictions are gone. CMC is able to learn the status when it
readsswitch.xml and lifts the restrictions for the switch.
NOTE: When you add a new MXL in an existing stack which is in secure mode, reboot the new MXL twice for it to enter
into the secure mode.
File Transfer Services
With the Dell Networking OS, you can congure the system to transfer les over the network using the le transfer protocol (FTP).
One FTP application is copying the system image les over an interface on to the system; however, FTP is not supported on virtual
local area network (VLAN) interfaces.
For more information about FTP, refer to RFC 959, File Transfer Protocol.
Conguration Task List for File Transfer Services
The conguration tasks for le transfer services are:
• Enabling the FTP Server (mandatory)
• Conguring FTP Server Parameters (optional)
• Conguring FTP Client Parameters (optional)
Enabling the FTP Server
To enable the system as an FTP server, use the following command.
To view FTP conguration, use the show running-config ftp command in EXEC privilege mode.
• Enable FTP on the system.
CONFIGURATION mode
ftp-server enable
Example of Viewing FTP Conguration
Dell#show running ftp
!
ftp-server enable
ftp-server username nairobi password 0 zanzibar
Dell#
Conguring FTP Server Parameters
After you enable the FTP server on the system, you can congure dierent parameters.
To specify the system logging settings, use the following commands.
• Specify the directory for users using FTP to reach the system.
CONFIGURATION mode
ftp-server topdir dir
The default is the internal ash directory.
• Specify a user name for all FTP users and congure either a plain text or encrypted password.
CONFIGURATION mode
ftp-server username username password [encryption-type] password
Congure the following optional and required parameters:
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