APC Battery Management System manual FTP Server

Battery Management System

USER’S GUIDE

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FTP Server

Use the Access setting to enable or disable the FTP server. The server is enabled by default.

FTP transfers files without using encryption. For higher security, use Secure CoPy (SCP) for file transfers. When you select and configure Secure SHell (SSH), SCP is enabled automatically. To configure SSH, see Telnet/SSH. If you decide to use SCP for file transfer, be sure to disable the FTP server.

To configure SSH, see Telnet/SSH. If you decide to use SCP for file transfer, be sure to disable the FTP server.

Use the Port setting to identify the TCP/IP port that the FTP server uses for communications with the Battery Management System. The default Port setting is 21.

You can change the Port setting to any unused port from 5000 to 32768 to enhance the protection provided by User Name and Password settings. You must then use a colon (:) in the command line to specify the non-default port. For example, for a port number of 5000 and a Battery Management System IP address of 159.215.12.114, you would use this command:

ftp 159.215.12.114:5000

To access a text version of the Battery Management System’s event or data log, see How to use FTP or SCP to retrieve log files.

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