Host Name

Enter the name of the Host or the IP address of the switch that is to be connected.

Transfer Protocol

Choose transfer protocol. 

Authenticate With

Choice of authentication mechanism. Both password and private key authentication are supported. When you select Private Key, a Select... button will appear, which opens a window where the private key may be inserted. If the private key is protected by a passphrase, the passphrase must be provided as well. For further information about private keys, see Authentication in 9.31.2 FTP DX200 Agent Preparations. 

User Name

Enter the name of the user from whose account on the remote Switch the FTP session is created.

Password

Enter the user password.

Root Directory

Enter the physical path of the source directory on the remote Host, where the control files are saved.

Path To Data Files

Enter the path to the directory where the data files are located, if they are not located in the Root Directory, in this field.

Switch Time Zone

Select the time zone location. Timezone is used when updating the transaction control file.

VDS Device No.

Enter the network element device from where the control files are retrieved.

Prefix

Enter the data files name prefix

Number Positions

Select the length of the number-part in the data file name as follows:

• 01 for a two digit number

• 001 for a three digit number

• 0001 for a four digit number

For example: If you select 0001, data file number 99 will include the following four digits:  0099 .

Ends With VDS Device No.

Select this check box to create data file names that end with VDS device No.

Server Port

Enter the port number for the server to connect to, on the remote Switch . 

Number Of Retries

Enter the number of attempts to reconnect after temporary communication errors.

Retry Interval (ms)

Enter the time interval, in milliseconds, between connection attempts.

Force Delay (s)

Select this option to force a delay (in seconds) between the TTTCOF write and the TTSCOF read. The maximum value is 3600. The default value is 0.

Decompress Files

Data files are decompressed by default. If you want the data files to be compressed, deselect this check box.

Local Data Port

Enter the local port number that the agent will listen to for incoming data connections.

This port will be used when communication is established in Active Mode. If the default value, zero, is not changed, the FTP server will negotiate about the port the data communication will be established on. 

Active Mode (PORT)

Select this check box to set the FTP connection mode to ACTIVE. Otherwise, the mode is PASSIVE.

Transfer Type

Select either Binary or ASCII transfer of the data files.

FTP Command Trace

Select this check box to generate a printout of the FTP commands and responses. This printout is logged in the Event Area of the Workflow Monitor.

Use this option only to trace communication problems, as workflow performance might deteriorate. 

Accept New Host Keys

Select this check box if you want the existing host key to be overwritten when the host is represented with a new key. The default behavior is to abort when the key mismatches.

Collect when file is present on only one WDU

With this setting you can select to allow files to be collected, even though they are only present on one WDU. This may be useful if one of the WDUs cannot be reached for some reason. Default is No, which means that files will only be collected if they are present on both WDUs.

WDU0 Path

In this  field you can specify the path to WDU0. This setting is optional.

WDU1 Path

In this  field you can specify the path to WDU1. This setting is optional.

Select default collection WDU

Select the WDU you want to use as default in this list. WDU 1 is default.

Collect files with bit 5

In this list you can select if you only want to collect files where bit 5 IS NOT set (Must not be set), or where bit 5 IS set (Must be set), or if you always want to collect files regardless of whether bit 5 is set or not (May be set).

Collect files with bit 6

In this list you can select if you only want to collect files where bit 6 IS NOT set (Must not be set), or where bit 6 IS set (Must be set), or if you always want to collect files regardless of whether bit 6 is set or not (May be set).

Collect files with bit 7

In this list you can select if you only want to collect files where bit 7 IS NOT set (Must not be set), or where bit 7 IS set (Must be set), or if you always want to collect files regardless of whether bit 7 is set or not (May be set).