Using FTP to Connect an FTP Client to Other Devices
FTP commands can be used to log in to other devices from an FTP client.
Context
Commands can be run in the user or FTP client view to establish connections to remote FTP servers.
- If the ftp command without any parameters is used in the user view to establish a control connection to an FTP server, the FTP client view is displayed but the connection is not established.
- When you run the ftp command in the user view or the open in the FTP client view to establish a control connection to a remote FTP server using the default listening port number of the FTP server, you do not need to specify a listening port number in the command. Otherwise, you must specify a listening port number in the command.
Before logging in to the FTP server, you can run the set net-manager vpn-instance command to configure a default VPN instance. After a default VPN instance is configured, it will be used for FTP operations.
Perform either of the following operations on the FTP client based on the type of the server's IP address:
Procedure
- If the server has an IPv4 address, use commands described in Table 1 to connect the client to other devices.
Table 1 Using FTP commands to connect the FTP client to other devices View
Operation
User view
Run the ftp [ -a source-ip-address | { -i interface-type interface-number | interface-name } ] host-ip [ port-number ] [ public-net | vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] command to establish a connection to the FTP server.
FTP client view
Run the open [ -a source-ip | { -i interface-type interface-number | interface-name } ] host-ip-address [ port-number ] [ public-net | vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] command to establish a connection to the FTP server.
- If the server has an IPv6 address, use commands described in Table 2 to connect the client to other devices.
Table 2 Using FTP commands to connect the FTP client to other devices View
Operation
User view
Run the ftp ipv6 [ -a source-ip6 ] host-ipv6-address [ [ vpn-instance ipv6-vpn-instance-name ] | public-net ] [ -oi { interface-type interface-number | interface-name } ] [ port-number ] command to establish a connection to the FTP server.
FTP client view
Run the open ipv6 [ -a source-ip6 ] host-ipv6-address [ -oi { -i interface-type interface-number | interface-name } ] [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance | public-net ] command to establish a connection to the FTP server.