Users Guide

• Congure FTP Server Parameters (optional)
• Congure FTP Client Parameters (optional)
Enabling the FTP Server
To enable the system as an FTP server, use the following command.
To view FTP conguration, 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 Conguration
Dell#show running ftp
!
ftp-server enable
ftp-server username nairobi password 0 zanzibar
Dell#
Conguring FTP Server Parameters
After you enable the FTP server on the system, you can congure dierent 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 congure either a plain text or encrypted password.
CONFIGURATION mode
ftp-server username username password [encryption-type] password
Congure the following optional and required parameters:
– username: enter a text string.
– encryption-type: enter 0 for plain text or 7 for encrypted text.
– password: enter a text string.
NOTE: You cannot use the change directory (cd) command until you have congured ftp-server topdir.
To view the FTP conguration, use the show running-config ftp command in EXEC privilege mode.
Conguring FTP Client Parameters
To congure FTP client parameters, use the following commands.
• Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number information:
– For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
– For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
– For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback then a number from 0 to 16383.
– For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number.
– For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1 to 4094.
CONFIGURATION mode
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