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ftpd Server Configuration
The switch itself can also be configured to run an FTP server (ftpd). See the Linux Reference
Guide for details of the ftpd command. You will need to add a user to the switch in order to
connect via ftp from a remote host, since root is not allowed ftp access. See the earlier section in
this chapter regarding how to add a user. The ftp daemon is started by default. If you wish to
shutdown the ftp daemon, comment out the betaftpd line in
/etc/init.d/rcS.
Connecting to the Switch Using TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol or TFTP, is a very simple protocol used to transfer files. It is
designed to be small and easy to implement. Therefore, it lacks most of the features of a regular
FTP, like user authentication. You can use tftp to connect to any system running a TFTP server
(tftp) including other OpenArchitect switches.
tftp <remote_host>
TFTPD Server Configuration
The TFTP server is started by inetd(8) using the configuration set up in /etc/inetd.conf.
The use of tftp(1) does not require an account or password on the remote system. Due to the
lack of authentication information, tftpd will allow only publicly readable files to be accessed.
The default location of these files is /tftpboot.
SNMP Agent
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the defacto standard for network management.
An SNMP agent maintains a structure of data for a network device in a virtual information
database, called a Management Information Base (MIB). A network management station is
capable of accessing the MIB of the network device to monitor and configure the network device.
The OpenArchitect switch utilizes the NET-SNMP (formerly UCD-SNMP) agent core.
Additional information on the agent can be found at:
http://www.net-snmp.com . The
OpenArchitect switch agent will respond to SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3 requests.
Protocols supported on the OpenArchitect switch by gated, such as RIP and OSPF communicate
with SNMP agent via the SNMP Multiplexing (SMUX) protocol.
Supported MIBS
OpenArchitect includes MIB support as documented by each of the RFCs listed. The MIBs
themselves are located on the switch in the /usr/share/snmp/mibs directory.
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