3Com Switch 8800 Advanced Software V5 Configuration Guide

966 CHAPTER 73: SFTP SERVICE
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.
Follow these steps to configure the SFTP connection idle timeout period:
Configuring an SFTP
Client
Specifying a Source IP
Address or Interface for
the SFTP Client
The client accesses the SFTP server using the specified IP address and port address.
Follow these steps to specify a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client:
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.
Follow these steps to enable the SFTP client:
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
Required
10 minutes by default
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 }
Use one command as
required.
By default, an SFTP client uses
the port 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 }
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view system-view -