Setup Guide

these changes are backward-compatible and do not aect existing behavior; meaning, you can still use the source-interface
command to communicate with a particular interface even if no VRF is congured on that interface.
For more information about FTP, refer to RFC 959, File Transfer Protocol.
NOTE: To transmit large les, Dell EMC Networking recommends conguring the switch as an FTP server.
Conguration Task List for File Transfer Services
The conguration tasks for le transfer services are:
• Enable FTP Server (mandatory)
• 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
DellEMC#show running ftp
!
ftp-server enable
ftp-server username nairobi password 0 zanzibar
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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.
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