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FTP MFT Connection Properties

Create an FTP MFT Connection to define communications using the FTP protocol for an MFT Remote endpoint. Informatica Managed File Transfer can connect to standard FTP servers to exchange files. When defining an FTP MFT Connection, indicate the FTP connection properties such as the host name or IP address, user and password.

The following table describes the properties in the

Basic

tab:

Property	Description
Name	Name of the MFT Connection.
Description	Provide a description for the MFT Connection.
Host	The host name or IP address of the server.
Port	The port number to use for connecting to the server. If left blank, the default port number is 21.
User	The user name to use for connecting to the server.
Password	The password to use for connecting to the server.

The following table describes the properties in the

Connection

tab:

Property	Description
Use passive mode	Indicates whether or not the MFT Connection will use Passive or Active mode. Specify Yes to use Passive mode. Specify No to use Active mode. If neither value is selected, then the default mode of Active will be used. In Active mode, the server will attempt to connect back to a port on the Managed File Transfer client in order perform the data transfer. The challenge with Active mode is that your firewall may block the server from trying to open a port back into your network. In Passive mode, the server does not need to connect back to a port on the Managed File Transfer client, which is a more firewall-friendly mode. Therefore, if you have problems with connecting to the server, you may want to change the mode to Passive by selecting Yes for this option.
Data Connection Start Port	The starting port number to use for the data connection. This should be used when Active mode is specified and there is a limited range of open ports on your firewall allowed for data connections.
Data Connection End Port	The ending port number to use for the data connection. This should be used when Active mode is specified and there is a limited range of open ports on your firewall allowed for data connections.
Timeout	The number of seconds to wait when attempting to connect to the server. A timeout will occur if the connection cannot be established in the specified amount of time. If left blank, the default timeout is 120 seconds.
Connection Retry Attempts	The number of times to retry the FTP connection if it cannot be established. This setting is used for both the initial connection and any reconnect attempts due to lost connections. If left blank, then no retries will be attempted.
Connection Retry Interval	The number of seconds to wait between each connection retry attempt. For instance, if you want Managed File Transfer to retry the connection up to 10 times with a 5 second delay between retries, then specify 10 for the Connection Retry Attempts and 5 for the Connection Retry Interval.
Initial Remote Directory	The initial directory to start in after connecting to the server. If left blank, then the initial directory will be the home directory assigned to the user on the server.
Control Encoding	If left blank, Managed File Transfer uses the ISO standard ISO-8859-1. If supported by the server, other encodings like UTF-8 can be specified to support more international characters.
Throttle Bandwidth	Limit the inbound and outbound bandwidth used for file transfers.

The following table describes the properties in the

Directory Listing

tab:

Property	Description
List Parser	The list parser to use for the server connection. If the field is left blank, Managed File Transfer will attempt to use the MLSD parser. If the MLSD parser is not supported by the server, the UNIX parser will be used. If you experience problems listing directories, select a different list parser.
Date Format	This field is used if the date returned by the server is different than the selected list parser's default. If your location requires a different date format (for example, d MMM yyyy), specify the date format in this field. Not all list parsers support the date format setting. List parsers that do not support the Date Format setting will ignore any User specified values.
Recent Date Format	Specify the date format to use when parsing the recent last modified date for each file. The recent date format is primarily used on UNIX-based systems and appears on entries less than a year old. If your location requires a different recent date format (for example, d MMM HH:mm), specify that pattern in this field. Not all list parsers support the recent date format setting. List parsers that do not support the recent date format setting will ignore any User specified values.

The following table describes the properties in the

Proxy

tab:

Property	Description
Proxy Type	Managed File Transfer supports SOCKS (version 4 and 5), HTTP tunneling through an HTTP proxy and Managed File Transfer Gateway. HTTP tunneling requires that the HTTP proxy supports the CONNECT HTTP method. Not all HTTP proxy servers may support the CONNECT method and some might only allow HTTPS traffic. When using an HTTP proxy that requires authentication, Basic and Digest authentication schemes are supported. Check with the network administrator for the correct proxy type.
Host	The host name or IP address of the proxy server. If the Proxy Type or Host fields are blank, a direct connection to the target host is implied.
Alternate Host	The host name or IP address of an alternate proxy server. The alternate proxy server is used when the primary proxy server is unavailable.
Port	The port number to use for connecting to the proxy server. If left blank, the default port for an HTTP connection is 80 and SOCKS is 1080.
User	The user name to use for connecting to the proxy server.
Password	The password to use for connecting to the proxy server.

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