3Com 4200G 12-Port - FTP Configuration: a Switch Operating as an FTP Client

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Displaying FTP server information
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Display the information about FTP server
configurations on a switch
display ftp-server
Display the source IP address set for an FTP
server
display ftp-server source-ip
Display the login FTP client on an FTP server
display ftp-user
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view
FTP Configuration: A Switch Operating as an FTP Client
Basic configurations on an FTP client
By default a switch can operate as an FTP client. In this case, you can connect the switch to the FTP
server to perform FTP-related operations (such as creating/removing a directory) by executing
commands on the switch.
Follow these steps to perform basic configurations on an FTP client:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter FTP client view
ftp [ cluster | remote-server
[ port-number ] ]
—
Specify to transfer files in ASCII
characters
ascii
Specify to transfer files in
binary streams
binary
Use either command.
By default, files are transferred
in ASCII characters.
Set the data transfer mode to
passive
passive
Optional
passive by default.
Change the working directory
on the remote FTP server
cd pathname
Change the working directory
to be the parent directory
cdup
Get the local working path on
the FTP client
lcd
Display the working directory
on the FTP server
pwd
Create a directory on the
remote FTP server
mkdir pathname
Remove a directory on the
remote FTP server
rmdir pathname
Delete a specified file
delete remotefile
Optional