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The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in third party FTP clients.
Table 53 General Commands for Third Party FTP Clients
COMMAND | DESCRIPTION |
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Host Address | Enter the address of the host server. |
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Login Type | Anonymous. |
| This is when a user I.D. and password is automatically supplied to the server for |
| anonymous access. Anonymous logins will work only if your ISP or service |
| administrator has enabled this option. |
| Normal. |
| The server requires a unique User ID and Password to login. |
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Transfer Type | Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode. |
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Initial Remote | Specify the default remote directory (path). |
Directory |
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Initial Local Directory | Specify the default local directory (path). |
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The
To use TFTP, your computer must have both telnet and TFTP clients. To backup the configuration file, follow the procedure shown next:
1Use telnet from your computer to connect to the
2Put the SMT in command interpreter (CI) mode by entering 8 in Menu 24 – System Maintenance.
3Enter command “sys stdio 0” to disable the SMT timeout, so the TFTP transfer will not be interrupted. Enter command “sys stdio 5” to restore the
4Launch the TFTP client on your computer and connect to the
5Use the TFTP client (see the example below) to transfer files between the
Note that the telnet connection must be active and the SMT in CI mode before and during the TFTP transfer. For details on TFTP commands (see following example), please consult the documentation of your TFTP client program. For UNIX, use “get” to transfer from the
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