Establishing a connection to an SFTP server

You can launch the SFTP client to establish a connection to an SFTP server, and specify the following algorithms for SFTP connection establishment:

After the connection is established, you can directly enter SFTP client view on the server to perform directory and file operations.

To establish a connection to an SFTP server:

Task

Command

Remarks

Establish a connection to an SFTP server and enter SFTP client view.

  • (In non-FIPS mode.) Establish a connection to an IPv4 SFTP server:sftp server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] [ 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.) Establish a connection to an IPv4 SFTP server:sftp server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] [ 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 } ] *

  • (In non-FIPS mode.) Establish a connection to an IPv6 SFTP server:sftp ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] [ 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.) Establish a connection to an IPv6 SFTP server:sftp ipv6 server [ port-number ] [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ] [ 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 either command in user view.