Managing Listening Interfaces

You can perform the following tasks to manage existing listening interfaces. For more information, see the procedures following the list.

• Open and close interfaces to control their availability for FTP client connections.
• Edit listening interface settings.
• Delete listening interfaces.
• Configure the order in which interfaces are listed. This is useful if you do not configure your FTP client to use a specific listening interface. In such a case, the FTP client uses the first available interface on the list.

To open a previously configured listening interface:

1. In the Connectivity Secure Shell Management Console, click Listening Interfaces under SFTP in the left pane. The SFTP pane appears on the right, and lists all currently open listening interfaces.
2. At the bottom of the pane, click the Open Listening Interface button. The Open Listening Interface dialog box appears listing all previously configured interfaces.
3. Select the interface you want to open, and click Open.

The selected interface appears in the SFTP interface pane, and is now available to accept connections from FTP clients.

To close an open listening interface:

In the Connectivity Secure Shell Management Console, click Listening Interfaces under SFTP in the left pane. The SFTP pane appears on the right, and lists all currently open listening interfaces. Select the interface you want to close, and click the Unload button. To close all open interfaces, click the Unload All button.

To edit, delete, or arrange the order of listening interfaces

1. In the Connectivity Secure Shell Management Console, click Listening Interfaces under SFTP in the left pane. The SFTP pane appears on the right.
2. Click the Open Listening Interface button.
3. In the Open Listening Interface dialog box you can do the following:
4. • To add a new listening interface, click the Add New Listening Interface button, and provide the required information. For more detailed information, see Creating Listening Interfaces with the Console.
   • To edit a listening interface, click the Edit Listening Interface Information button and make the necessary changes to the Interface, Port, or Auto Start settings.
   • To delete listening interfaces, select the interface you want to delete and click the Delete button, or click the Delete All button.
4. Click Open.