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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide March 2005 page 2-23
Using Secure Shell FTP
1 Log on to the OmniSwitch and issue the sftp CLI command. The command syntax requires you to
identify the IP address for the device you are connecting to. The following command establishes a Secure
Shell FTP interface from the local OmniSwitch to IP address 10.222.30.125.
-> sftp 10.222.30.125
login as:
2 You must have a login and password that is recognized by the IP address you specify. When you enter
your login, the device you are logging in to will request your password as shown here.
-> sftp 10.222.30.125
login as: rrlogin2
rrlogin2's password for keyboard-interactive method:
3 After logging in, you will receive the sftp> prompt. You may enter a question mark (?) to view
available Secure Shell FTP commands and their definitions as shown here.
sftp>?
Available commands:
cd path Change remote directory to 'path'
lcd path Change local directory to 'path'
chmod mode path Change permissions of file 'path' to 'mode'
help Display this help text
get remote-path [local-path] Download file
lls [path]] Display local directory listing
ln oldpath newpath Symlink remote file
lmkdir path Create local directory
lpwd Print local working directory
ls [path] Display remote directory listing
mkdir path Create remote directory
put local-path [remote-path] Upload file
pwd Display remote working directory
exit Quit sftp
quit Quit sftp
rename oldpath newpath Rename remote file
rmdir path Remove remote directory
rm path Delete remote file
symlink oldpath newpath Symlink remote file
version Show SFTP version
? Synonym for help
Note. Although Secure Shell FTP has commands similar to the industry standard FTP, the underlying
protocol is different.
Closing a Secure Shell FTP Session
To terminate the Secure Shell FTP session, issue the exit command. The following will display:
-> exit
Connection to 11.333.30.135 closed.
This display indicates the Secure Shell FTP session with IP address 11.333.20.135 is closed. The user is
now logged into the OmniSwitch as a local device with no active remote connection.