Control and Monitoring | 49UsageInformationThe hostname is used in the prompt.ip ftp passwordSpecify a password for outgoing FTP connections.Syntax ip ftp password [encryption-type] passwordParametersDefaults Not configured.Command Modes CONFIGURATIONCommandHistoryUsageInformationThe password is listed in the configuration file; you can view the password using the showrunning-config ftp command in EXEC mode.Use the password configured by the ip ftp password command when you use the ftp: parameter in thecopy command.RelatedCommandsip ftp source-interfaceSpecify an interface’s IP address as the source IP address for FTP connections.Syntax ip ftp source-interface interfaceParametersDefaults The IP address on the system that is closest to the Telnet address is used in the outgoing packets.encryption-type (OPTIONAL) Enter one of the following numbers:• 0 (zero) for an unecrypted (clear text) password• 7 (seven) for hidden text passwordpassword Enter a string up to 40 characters as the password.Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Modulecopy Copies the files.ip ftp username Sets the user name for the FTP sessions.interface Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number information:• For Loopback interfaces, enter the keyword loopback followed by a number fromzero (0) to 16383.• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keyword port-channel followed by a number:Range: 1-128• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernetfollowed by the slot/port information.• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE followed by theslot/port information.• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan followed by a number from 1 to 4094.
