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3 Press [ENTER] when prompted for a username.
4 Enter your password as requested (the default is “1234”).
5 Enter bin to set transfer mode to binary.
6 Use put to transfer files from the computer to the Switch, for example, put firmware.bin ras
transfers the firmware on your computer (firmware.bin) to the Switch and renames it to “ras”.
Similarly, put config.cfg config transfers the configuration file on your computer (config.cfg) to
the Switch and renames it to “config”. Likewise get config config.cfg transfers the configuration
file on the Switch to your computer and renames it to “config.cfg”. See Table 103 on page 259 for
more information on filename conventions.
7 Enter quit to exit the ftp prompt.
34.6.4 GUI-based FTP Clients
The following table describes some of the commands that you may see in GUI-based FTP clients.
34.6.5 FTP Restrictions
FTP will not work when:
• FTP service is disabled in the Service Access Control screen.
• The IP address(es) in the Remote Management screen does not match the client IP address. If
it does not match, the Switch will disconnect the FTP session immediately.
General Commands for GUI-based FTP Clients
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Host Address Enter the address of the host server.
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.
Transfer Type Transfer files in either ASCII (plain text format) or in binary mode. Configuration and
firmware files should be transferred in binary mode.
Initial Remote
Directory
Specify the default remote directory (path).
Initial Local Directory Specify the default local directory (path).
