Operation Manual – FTP-SFTP-TFTPH3C S3100-52P Ethernet Switch Chapter 1 FTP and SFTP Configuration1-4II. Enabling an FTP serverFollow these steps to enable an FTP server:To do… Use the command… RemarksEnter system view system-view —Enable the FTP serverfunction ftp server enable RequiredDisabled by default.Note:z Only one user can access an H3C S3100-52P Ethernet switch at a given time whenthe latter operates as an FTP server.z Operating as an FTP server, an H3C S3100-52P Ethernet switch cannot receive afile whose size exceeds its storage space. The clients that attempt to upload such afile will be disconnected with the FTP server due to lack of storage space on the FTPserver.z You cannot access an H3C S3100-52P switch operating as an FTP server throughMicrosoft Internet Explorer. To do so, use other client software.Note:To protect unused sockets against attacks, the S3100-52P Ethernet switch providesthe following functions:z TCP 21 is enabled only when you start the FTP server.z TCP 21 is disabled when you shut down the FTP server.III. Configuring connection idle timeAfter the idle time is configured, if the server does not receive service requests from aclient within a specified time period, it terminates the connection with the client, thuspreventing a user from occupying the connection for a long time without performing anyoperation.Follow these steps to configure connection idle time:To do… Use the command… RemarksEnter system view system-view —Configure the connection idletime for the FTP server ftp timeout minutes Optional30 minutes by default
