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If the file format is not recognized by the FTP application, the system aborts the file transfer and issues one of the following error messages.

Example of an error message:

‘503 TYPE must be Binary.’

‘503 TYPE must be ASCII.’

Volume listing

The FTP application provides the ability to determine available volumes on the DMS-100 switch. Use the command ls / or to list the available active disk volumes on the DMS-100 switch.

Example of command:

WS>ls /

FTP cookbook

This section provides a primer on FTP on the DMS-100 switch, including the following:

a description of the FTP implementation on the DMS-100 switch

command summary

FTP on the DMS-100 switch

The implementation of FTP on the DMS-100 switch conforms to industry standards defined in RFC959. There are some differences between the DMS implementation and others.

FTP software resides on many nodes within the DMS-100 switch. It resides on all FPs and on the CM as well. Users can FTP directly to the CM, the FP, or any other nodes that have FTP software installed. In this document, the CM is used for illustration, although FTP exists in other nodes as well.

FTP has limited resources and should be considered as a shared resource. Although FTP sessions time-out and deallocate within 10 minutes of idling, users are advised to manually terminate their sessions as soon as their work is done.

File name conventions

This section gives a number of guidelines to help you choose proper file names while working with FTP on the DMS-100 switch:

If you have a client session on the DMS-100 switch, full path names must start with a slash (/).

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