Huawei Quidway S6500 Series User Manual

Operation Manual - System Management
Quidway S6500 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 File System Management
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1.3 FTP
1.3.1 FTP Overview
FTP is a common way to transmit files on IP network. Before the World Wide Web
(WWW) appears, files were transmitted in the command line mode and FTP was the
most popular application. Even now, FTP is still used widely, while most users transmit
files via Email and Web.
FTP is an application layer of TCP/IP protocol suite and used for transmitting files
between a remote server and a local host.
The Ethernet switch provides the following FTP services:
z FTP server: You can run FTP client program to log in the server and access the
files on it.
z FTP client: After connected to the server through running the terminal emulator or
Telnet on a PC, you can access the files on it, using FTP command.
Switch
PC
Network
SwitchSwitch
PC
Network
Figure 1-1 FTP configuration
Table 1-10 Configuration of the switch as FTP client
Device Configuration Default Description
Switch
Log into the remote FTP
server directly with the
ftp command.
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You need first get FTP username
and password, and then log into the
remote FTP server. Then you can
get the directory and file authority.
PC
Start FTP server and
make such settings as
username, password,
authority.
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Huawei Quidway S6500 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Huawei
Model	Quidway S6500 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English