3Com WX3000 operation manual Configuration Example The Device Operating as an FTP Server

Specifying the source interface and source IP address for an FTP client

You can specify the source interface and source IP address for the device acting as an FTP client, so that it can connect to a remote FTP server.

Follow these steps to specify the source interface and source IP address for an FTP client:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Specify the source interface	ftp { cluster remote-server }	Optional
	source-interface
used for the current connection
	interface-type interface-number
Specify the source IP address	ftp { cluster remote-server }	Optional
used for the current connection	source-ip ip-address
Enter system view	system-view	—
Specify an interface as the
source interface the FTP client	ftp source-interface
uses every time it connects to	interface-type interface-number
an FTP server		Use either command
		Not specified by default
Specify an IP address as the
source IP address the FTP	ftp source-ip ip-address
client uses every time it
connects to an FTP server
Display the source IP address
used by an FTP client every	display ftp source-ip	Available in any view
time it connects to an FTP
server

zThe specified interface must be an existing one. Otherwise a prompt appears to show that the configuration fails.

zThe value of the ip-addressargument must be the IP address of the device where the configuration is performed. Otherwise a prompt appears to show that the configuration fails.

zThe source interface/source IP address set for one connection is prior to the fixed source interface/source IP address set for each connection. That is, for a connection between an FTP client and an FTP server, if you specify the source interface/source IP address used for the connection this time, and the specified source interface/source IP address is different from the fixed one, the former will be used for the connection this time.

zOnly one fixed source interface or source IP address can be set for the FTP client at one time. That is, only one of the commands ftp source-interfaceand ftp source-ipcan be valid at one time. If you execute both of them, the new setting will overwrite the original one.

Configuration Example: The Device Operating as an FTP Server

Network requirements

As shown in Figure 1-3, the switching engine operates as an FTP server and a remote PC as an FTP client. The configuration file config.cfg of the switching engine is stored on the PC. Upload the configuration file to the remote switching engine through FTP and use the startup

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