Dell EMC Configuration Guide for the S4048T–ON System 9.14.2.4

File Transfer Services

With Dell EMC Networking OS, you can configure the system to transfer files over the network using the file transfer protocol (FTP).

One FTP application is copying the system image files over an interface on to the system; however, FTP is not supported on virtual local area network (VLAN) interfaces.

If you want the FTP or TFTP server to use a VRF table that is attached to an interface, you must configure the FTP or TFTP server to use a specific routing table. You can use the ip ftp vrf vrf-name or ip tftp vrf vrf-name command to inform the FTP or TFTP server to use a specific routing table. After you configure this setting, the VRF table is used to look up the destination address. However, these changes are backward-compatible and do not affect existing behavior; meaning, you can still use the source-interface command to communicate with a particular interface even if no VRF is configured on that interface.

For more information about FTP, refer to RFC 959, File Transfer Protocol.