3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

1040 CHAPTER 81: FTP CONFIGURATION
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■ FTP uses two modes for file transfer: ASCII mode and binary mode.
■ The Is command can only display the file/directory name, while the dir
command can display more information, such as the size and date of creation
of files or directories.
FTP Client Configuration
Examples
Network requirements
■ Use your device as an FTP client to download an image file from the FTP server.
■ The IP address of the FTP server is 172.16.104.110/16.
■ On the FTP server, an FTP user account has been created for the FTP client, with
the username being abc and the password being pwd.
■ The PC performs operations on the device through Console port.
Network diagram
Figure 306 Network diagram for FTPing an image file from an FTP server
Create a directory on the FTP
server
mkdir directory Optional
Set the data transfer mode to
passive
passive Optional
Passive by default
Delete specified file on the
FTP server
delete remotefile Optional
Delete specified directory on
the FTP server
rmdir directory Optional
Disconnect with the FTP server
without exiting the FTP client
view
disconnect Optional
Equal to the close command
Disconnect with the FTP server
without exiting the FTP client
view
close Optional
Equal to the disconnect
command
Disconnect with the FTP server
and exit to user view
bye Optional
Terminate the connection
with the remote FTP server,
and exit to user view
quit Optional
Available in FTP client view,
equal to the bye command
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Internet
Device
PC
Console
FTP serve
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FTP client
172.16.104.110/16