Enable Remote Access Services

About this task

Enable the remote access service to provide multiple methods of remote access.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) and Telnet server support both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, with no difference in functionality or configuration.

Procedure

Enter Global Configuration mode:

enable

configure terminal
Enable the access service:

boot config flags {ftpd | sshd | telnetd | tftpd}
Repeat as necessary to activate the desired services.
Save the configuration.

Example

Enable the access service for Telnet:

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Switch:1(config)#boot config flags telnetd

Variable Definitions

The following table defines remote access parameters for the boot config flags command.


Variable	Value
ftpd	Activates or disables the FTP server on the switch. The default value is disabled. To enable FTP, ensure that the tftpd flag is disabled.
sshd	Activates or disables the SSHv2 server service. The default value is disabled.
telnetd	Activates or disables the Telnet server service. The default is disabled.
tftpd	Activates or disables Trivial File Transfer Protocol server service. The default value is disabled.