Operation Manual – FTP and TFTP
Quidway S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 FTP and TFTP Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Note:
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Only one user can access an S3100 switch at a given time when the latter operates
as an FTP server.
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FTP services are implemented in this way: An FTP client sends FTP requests to the
FTP server. The FTP server receives the requests, perform operations accordingly,
and return the results to the FTP client.
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To prevent unauthorized accesses, an FTP server disconnects a FTP connection
when it does not receive requests from the FTP client for a specific period of time
known as the connection idle time.
To log into an FTP server, a user needs to provide a user name and a password for
being authenticated, and the FTP server authorizes the FTP client by providing the
information about work directory. FTP services are available to users only when they
pass the authentication and authorization.
III. Displaying and debugging an FTP server
After the above configurations, you can run the
display
command in any view to view
the running information of the FTP server and verify your configurations.
Table 1-4
Display and debug an FTP server
Operation
Command
Display the information about an FTP
server
display ftp-server
Display the information about FTP
clients
display ftp-user
1.1.3 FTP Configuration: A Switch Operating as an FTP Client
The function for a switch to operate as an FTP client is implemented by an application
module built in the switch. A switch can operate as an FTP client without any
configuration. You can perform FTP-related operations (such as creating/removing a
directory) by executing FTP client commands on a switch operating as an FTP client.
Table 1-5 lists the operations that can be performed on an FTP client.
