H3C Technologies H3C S3100 Series Switches - Manual (Page 527)

Operation Manual – File System Management
H3C S3100-52P Ethernet Switch Chapter 2 FTP/TFTP Lighting Configuration
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Chapter 2 FTP/TFTP Lighting Configuration
2.1 FTP Lighting Configuration
2.1.1 Introduction to FTP
File transfer protocol (FTP) is a commonly used protocol to transfer files over the
Internet and IP networks. Before the emergence of World Wide Web (WWW), users
transfer files with command lines mostly using the FTP.
FTP is an application-layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite. It is used for file
transfer between remote server and local host.
The Ethernet switch provides the following FTP services:
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FTP server: A user runs FTP client on a PC and logs into an FTP server (the
network administrator should configure the IP address of the FTP server before
the user log in). Then the user can access the files on the FTP server.
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FTP client: A user runs a terminal emulation program or Telnet program on a PC
and connects to the Ethernet switch which acts as an FTP client. After that, the
user enter the ftp X.X.X.X command (where, X.X.X.X represents the IP address of
an FTP server) to establish a connection between the Ethernet switch and a
remote FTP server. Then, the user can access the files on the remote FTP server.
2.1.2 FTP Lighting Procedure
Caution:
The FTP server and the FTP client must be reachable to each other.
I. Enabling FTP server on the switch
After FTP server is enabled on an S3100-52P switch, the seven-segment digital LED
on the front panel of the switch will rotate clockwise when an FTP client is uploading file
to the FTP server (the S3100-52P switch), and will stop rotating when the file uploading
is finished, as show in Figure 2-1.