
Operation Manual – FTP and TFTP
Quidway S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 FTP and TFTP Configuration
Huawei Technologies Proprietary
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Table 1-1
Configurations needed when a switch operates as an FTP client
Device
Configuration
Default
Description
Switch
Run the
ftp
command
directly to log into a
remote FTP server
—
To log into a remote FTP server, you
need to provide the user name and
password.
FTP
server
Have an FTP server
application run and
the corresponding
operations performed,
such as usernames,
passwords, and
permissions to assess
files/directories.
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Table 1-2 describes the operations needed when a switch operates as an FTP server.
Table 1-2
Configurations needed when a switch operates as an FTP server
Device
Configuration
Default
Description
Enable the FTP server
function
The FTP
function is
disabled by
default
You can run the
display
ftp-server
command to view the
FTP server configuration on the
switch.
Perform the
authentication and
authorization
configurations
—
Configure user names,
passwords and authorized work
directories.
Switch
Configure the
connection idle time
The default
idle time is 30
minutes.
—
PC
Use an FTP client
application to log into
the switch.
— —
Caution:
The FTP-related functions require that the route between a FTP client and the FTP
server is reachable.