R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW101

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Configuring the SFTP connection idle timeout period
Once the idle period of an SFTP connection exceeds the specified threshold, the system automatically
tears the connection down, so that a user cannot occupy a connection for nothing.
Follow these steps to configure the SFTP connection idle timeout period:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Configure the SFTP connection idle
timeout period
sftp server idle-timeout
time-out-value
Optional
10 minutes by default
Configuring an SFTP client
Specifying a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client
You can configure a client to use only a specified source IP address or interface to access the SFTP server,
thus enhancing the service manageability.
Follow these steps to specify a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Specify a
source IP
address or
interface for
the SFTP
client
Specify a source
IPv4 address or
interface for the
SFTP client
sftp client source { ip ip-address |
interface interface-type
interface-number }
Required
Use either command.
By default, an SFTP client uses the
interface address specified by the
route of the device to access the
SFTP server.
Specify a source
IPv6 address or
interface for the
SFTP client
sftp client ipv6 source { ipv6
ipv6-address | interface
interface-type interface-number }
Establishing a connection to the SFTP server
This configuration task is to enable the SFTP client to establish a connection with the remote SFTP server
and enter SFTP client view.