Operation Manual – FTP-SFTP-TFTP
H3C S5600 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 FTP and SFTP Configuration
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To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enable an SFTP server
sftp server enable
Required
Disabled by default.
II. 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.
Follow these steps to configure connection idle time:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure the connection
idle time for the SFTP
server
ftp
timeout
time-out-value
Optional
10 minutes by default.
III. Supported SFTP client software
An H3C S5600 series Ethernet switch 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.