Configure a Device as an FTP Client

Network Requirements

• A PC acts as an FTP server, and Device acts as an FTP client. The network between the server and the device is normal.
• On the FTP server, the user name for a device to log in to the FTP server is admin, and the password is admin. The files to be downloaded are placed in the FTP server directory.
• The device acts as the FTP client to upload files to and download files from the FTP server.

Network Topology

Figure 4-1 Networking for Configuring a Device as an FTP Client

Configuration Steps

Step 1: Create VLANs, and add ports to the required VLANs.(Omitted)

Step 2: Configure an FTP server, and place the files to be downloaded in the FTP server directory. (Omitted)

Step 3: Configure the IP addresses of the devices so that the network between the client and the server is normal. (Omitted)

Step 4: Device acts as the FTP client to upload files to and download files from the FTP server.

#In the file system mode of the Device, copy one file from the FTP server to the file system of Device.

#In the file system mode of Device, copy the startup file of Device into the FTP server.

Step 5: Check the result.

#After the copy process is completed, check whether the downloaded file exists in the file system of Device. In the FTP server, check whether the uploaded file exists. (Omitted)

Device(config-fs)#dir
  size          date       time       name
--------       ------     ------    --------
101526     MAR-01-2013  01:17:18   logging            
10147      MAR-26-2013  07:58:50   startup            
10207      MAR-01-2013  01:17:54   history            
1372       MAR-23-2013  08:18:38   devInfo            
6598624    MAR-26-2013  07:51:32   sp4-g-6.5.0(41).pck   
1024       JAN-10-2013  17:30:20   snmp
0          JAN-31-2013  14:29:50   syslog             
736512     MAR-27-2013  10:30:48   web-Spl-1.1.168.rom

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  If the "FTP: Ctrl socket connect error(0x3c): Operation timed out" message is printed, it indicates that the server cannot be reached, and the cause may be that the route is not available or the server has not been started.
• If the "Downloading##OK!" message is printed, it indicates that the file is copied successfully.

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