H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 232)

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When the device functions as the SFTP server, only one client can access the SFTP server at a time.
If the SFTP client uses WinSCP, a file on the server cannot be modified directly; it can only be
downloaded to a local place, modified, and then uploaded to the server.
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, so that a user cannot occupy a connection for nothing.
Follow these steps to configure the SFTP connection idle timeout period:
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
Optional
10 minutes by default
Configuring the Device an SFTP Client
Specifying a Source IP Address or Interface for the SFTP Client
You can configure a client to use only a specified source IP address or interface to access the SFTP
server, thus enhancing the service manageability.
Follow these steps to specify a source IP address or interface for the SFTP client:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Specify a
source IPv4
address or
interface for the
SFTP client
sftp client source { ip ip-address |
interface interface-type
interface-number }
Specify a
source IP
address or
interface for the
SFTP client
Specify a
source IPv6
address or
interface for the
SFTP client
sftp client ipv6 source { ipv6
ipv6-address | interface
interface-type interface-number }
Required
Use either command.
By default, an SFTP client uses
the IP address of the interface
specified by the route of the device
to access the SFTP server.