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7. Operation and Maintenance
9700-A2-GB20-20 December 2002 7-45
Initiating an FTP Session
Initiate an FTP session to a FrameSaver node in the same way you would initiate
an FTP to any other IP-addressable device.
NOTE:
Loading a configuration with many DLCIs from option area Customer
Configuration 1 or 2 into the Current Configuration area takes time. Allow a
minute or more for the downloaded file to be put into the unit’s currently active
configuration.
Procedure
To initiate an FTP session:
1. Start the FTP client program on the host. For example, on a UNIX host,
type ftp, followed by the FrameSaver unit’s IP address.
2. If a login and password are required (see
Creating a Login for the User
Interface
in Chapter 6,
Security and Logins
), you are prompted to enter them.
If not, press Enter.
The FTP prompt appears.
The starting directory is the root directory (/). Use standard FTP commands
during the FTP session, as well as the following remote FTP commands.
Command Definition
bin Places the FTP session in binary-transfer mode.
cd
directory
Change the current directory on the FrameSaver node to the
specified
directory
.
dir [
directory
] Print a listing of the directory contents in the specified
directory
. If no directory is specified, the current one is used.
get
file1
[
file2
] Copy a file from the remote directory of the FrameSaver node
to the local directory on the host (for configuration files only).
ls [
directory
] Print an abbreviated list of the specified directory’s contents.
If no directory is specified, the current one is used.
put
file1
[
file2
]Copy
file1
from a local directory on the host to
file 2
in the
current directory of the FrameSaver node. If
file2
is not
specified, the file will be named
file1
on the FrameSaver
node.
recv
file1
[
file 2
] Same as a get.
remote or help
[
command
]
Print the meaning of the command. If no argument is given, a
list of all known commands is printed.
send
file1
[
file 2
] Same as a put.