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TFTP Server tool

Numerous network devices, including routers, switches, hubs, X-terminals, printers, and terminal server devices, need a TFTP server to load initial configuration, IOS files, and transfer configuration file updates. The TFTP Server tool in ETS for the Desktop was written to transmit and receive multiple configuration files at the same time using multiple connections.

A Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server is not a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. TFTP and FTP are different protocols. You cannot connect to a TFTP server with an FTP client.

Open the TFTP Server tool

  • To launch the tool from the Toolset Launch Pad, locate the TFTP Server tool and click Launch.

  • You can add the tool to a tab in the Workspace Studio, and access it from there.

  • To launch the tool from the Windows Start menu:

    1. Click Start > All > SolarWinds Engineer's Toolset.

    2. Right-click TFTP Server, click More, and click Run as administrator.

Configure the TFTP Server

The TFTP Server runs as a service, but some basic configuration may be necessary to ensure the TFTP Server works best within your environment.

The TFTP protocol has no innate security. There are no passwords or authentication. SolarWinds TFTP Server adds security by allowing you to limit the server's functionality and specify a range of IP addresses from which to accept requests.

  1. Click File > Configure.

  2. On the General tab, specify the following:

    • Under Status, you can start or stop the server.

    • If you want the TFTP server to appear in the task tray, select Add TFTP Server to Windows task tray.

    • Under TFTP Configuration, specify the number of seconds before a request times out and the number of times to retry a failed request.

    • Specify a directory to use as the root directory of the TFTP server. Files received by the TFTP server are saved here. Files to be sent by the TFTP server must be first copied to this directory.

  3. On the Security tab, specify the following:

    • Under Permitting Transfer Types, select what actions you want to allow the TFTP Server to do. For example, if you want to restrict the server to only receiving files, select Receive Files.

    • Under IP Address Restrictions, if you want to restrict TFTP server functions to a specific IP address range:

      1. Select Only allow the following IP addresses.

      2. Click Add.

      3. Specify the beginning and ending IP addresses of the range.

      4. Click OK.

  4. Click OK.