Establishing a connection to the SFTP server

This configuration task will enable the SFTP client to establish a connection to the remote SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.

To enable the SFTP client:

Task	Command	Remarks
Establish a connection to the remote SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.	Establish a connection to the remote IPv4 SFTP server and enter SFTP client view: In non-FIPS mode:sftp server [ port-number ] [ identity-key { dsa \| ecdsa \| rsa } \| prefer-ctos-cipher { 3des \| aes128 \| des } \| prefer-ctos-hmac { md5 \| md5-96 \| sha1 \| sha1-96 } \| prefer-kex { dh-group-exchange \| dh-group1 \| dh-group14 } \| prefer-stoc-cipher { 3des \| aes128 \| des } \| prefer-stoc-hmac { md5 \| md5-96 \| sha1 \| sha1-96 } ] * In FIPS mode:sftp ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ identity-key { ecdsa \| rsa } \| prefer-ctos-cipher { aes128 \| aes256 } \| prefer-ctos-hmac { sha1 \| sha1-96 } \| prefer-kex dh-group14 \| prefer-stoc-cipher { aes128 \| aes256 } \| prefer-stoc-hmac { sha1 \| sha1-96 } ] * Establish a connection to the remote IPv6 SFTP server and enter SFTP client view: In non-FIPS mode:sftp ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ identity-key { dsa \| ecdsa \| rsa } \| prefer-ctos-cipher { 3des \| aes128 \| des } \| prefer-ctos-hmac { md5 \| md5-96 \| sha1 \| sha1-96 } \| prefer-kex { dh-group-exchange \| dh-group1 \| dh-group14 } \| prefer-stoc-cipher { 3des \| aes128 \| des } \| prefer-stoc-hmac { md5 \| md5-96 \| sha1 \| sha1-96 } ] * In FIPS mode:sftp ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ identity-key { ecdsa \| rsa } \| prefer-ctos-cipher { aes128 \| aes256 } \| prefer-ctos-hmac { sha1 \| sha1-96 } \| prefer-kex dh-group14 \| prefer-stoc-cipher { aes128 \| aes256 } \| prefer-stoc-hmac { sha1 \| sha1-96 } ] *	Use one of the commands in user view.

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