3Com Switch 8800 Family Configuration Guide

FTP&TFTP CONFIGURATION

FTP Configuration

FTP Overview FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a universal method for transmitting files on the

Internet and IP networks. In this method, files are copied from one system to

another. FTP supports definite file types (such as ASCII and Binary) and file

structures (byte stream and record). Even now, FTP is still used widely, while most

users transmit files by Email and Web.

FTP, a TCP/IP protocol on the application layer, is used for transmitting files

between a remote server and a local host.

The switch provides the following FTP services:

■ FTP server: You can run FTP client program to log in the server and access the

files on it.

■ FTP client: You can run the ftp X.X.X.X command (where, X.X.X.X represents

the IP address of the remote FTP server) to set up a connection between the

switch and a remote FTP server to access the files on the remote server.

Figure 187 FTP configuration

The configuration of the switch as FTP client.

Tab le 752 Configuration of the switch as FTP client

Device Configuration Default Remarks

Switch

Log into the remote FTP server

directly with the ftp command.

You need first get FTP user

command and password, and then

log into the remote FTP server.

Then you can get the directory and

file authority.

Start FTP server and make such

settings as username, password, and

authority.

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