H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Operation Manual

Operation Manual – File System Management
H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 2 FTP Configuration
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The source address specified with the ftp client source command is valid for all ftp
connections and the source address specified with the ftp command is valid only for the
current FTP connection.
Follow these steps to establish an FTP connection (In IPv4 networking):
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the source
address of the FTP
client
ftp client source { interface
interface-type
interface-number | ip
source-ip-address }
Optional
A device uses the IP
address of the interface
determined by the routing
protocol as the source IP
address to communicate
with the FTP server by
default.
Exit to system view
quit
—
Log onto the remote
FTP server directly in
user view
ftp [ server-address
[ service-port ] [ source
{ interface interface-type
interface-number | ip
source-ip-address } ] ]
ftp
Log onto the remote
FTP server indirectly in
FTP client view
open server-address
[ service-port ]
Use either approach.
Available in user view
 Note:
z If no primary IP address is configured on the source interface, the FTP connection
fails.
z If you use the ftp client source command to first configure the source interface and
then the source IP address of the transmitted packets, the new source IP address
will overwrite the current one, and vice versa.
Follow these steps to establish an FTP connection (In IPv6 networking):