3Com Switch 4800G 24-Port - Configuring an SFTP Client

1132 CHAPTER 89: SFTP SERVICE
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:
Configuring 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:
Establishing a
Connection to the SFTP
Server
This configuration task is to enable the SFTP client to establish a connection with
the remote SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.
Follow these steps to enable the SFTP client:
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
Required
10 minutes by default
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view -
Specify a
source IP
address or
interface for
the SFTP client
Specify a source IPv4
address or interface for
the SFTP client
sftp client source { ip
ip-address | interface
interface-type
interface-number }
Required
Use either command.
By default, an SFTP
client uses the interface
address specified by the
route of the device to
access the SFTP server.
Specify a source IPv6
address or interface for
the SFTP client
sftp client ipv6 source
{ ipv6 ipv6-address |
interface interface-type
interface-number }