3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

Configuring the FTP Client 1039
■ 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):
Configuring the FTP
Client
After a device serving as the FTP client has established a connection with the FTP
server (For establishing FTP connection, refer to
“Establishing an FTP Connection”
on page 1038.), the device can perform the following operations for the
authorized directory:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Log onto the remote FTP
server directly in user view
ftp ipv6 [ server-address [
service-port ] [ source ipv6
source-ipv6-address ] [ -i
interface-type
interface-number ] ]
Use either approach.
Log onto the remote FTP
server indirectly in FTP client
view
ftp ipv6
open ipv6 server-address [
service-port ] [ -i
interface-type
interface-number ]
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Display help information of
FTP-related commands
supported by the remote FTP
server
remotehelp [
protocol-command ]
Optional
Enable information display in
a detailed manner
verbose Optional
Enabled by default
Use other username to relog
after logging onto the FTP
server successfully
user username [ password ] Optional
Set the file transfer mode to
ASCII
ascii Optional
ASCII by default
Set the file transfer mode to
binary
binary Optional
ASCII by default
Change the working path on
the remote FTP server
cd pathname Optional
Exit the current directory and
enter the upper level directory
cdup Optional
Display files/directories
information on the FTP server
dir [ remotefile [ localfile ] ] Optional
Check files/directories on the
FTP server
ls [ remotefile [ localfile ] ] Optional
Download a file from the FTP
server
get remotefile [ localfile ] Optional
Upload a file to the FTP server put localfile [ remotefile ] Optional
View the working directory of
the remote FTP server
pwd Optional
Find the working path of the
FTP client
lcd Optional