1-12
Item
Configuration task
Description
SFTP Configuration: A Switch
Operating as an SFTP Client
Basic configurations on an SFTP client
—
SFTP Configuration: A Switch Operating as an SFTP Server
Enabling an SFTP server
Before enabling an SFTP server, you need to enable the SSH server function and specify the service
type of the SSH user as
SFTP
or
all
. For details, see the SSH server configuration part of
SSH
Operation Manual
of this manual.
Table 1-11
Enable an SFTP server
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable an SFTP server
sftp server enable
Required
Disabled by default
Configuring connection idle time
After the idle time is configured, if the server does not receive service requests from a client within a
specified time period, it terminates the connection with the client, thus preventing a user from occupying
the connection for a long time without performing any operation.
Table 1-12
Configure connection idle time
Operation
Command
Description
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the connection idle time
for the SFTP server
ftp
timeout
time-out-value
Optional
10 minutes by default
Supported SFTP client software
A Switch 4210 operating as an SFTP server can interoperate with SFTP client software, including SSH
Tectia Client v4.2.0 (SFTP), v5.0, and WINSCP.
SFTP client software supports the following operations: logging in to a device; uploading a file;
downloading a file; creating a directory; modify a file name or a directory name; browsing directory
structure; and manually terminating a connection.
For configurations on client software, see the corresponding configuration manual.