FTP Accelerator Setup

Set up FTP accelerator services as follows:

To Do This Notes

Ensure your basic network configuration is complete for each appliance
  1. See Configuring the Excelerator Appliance.

Ensure that DNS resolves FTP requests to the appliance IP addresses configured for the FTP accelerator services
  1. See Working with DNS.

Although the DNS configuration instructions are targeted at HTTP acceleration, the same basic principles apply.

Set up one or more FTP accelerator services
  1. In the browser-based tool, click Cache > FTP.
  2. Under the FTP Accelerator list, click Insert.
  3. Enter a name for the FTP accelerator.
  4. Enter either the IP address or DNS name of the FTP server being accelerated.
  5. Check the appliance IP address for the accelerator service.
  6. Click OK > Apply.

All appliance FTP services listen on port 21. Therefore, each IP address on the appliance can be configured for only one FTP service (Mini FTP, Forward Proxy, or FTP Accelerator).

If the FTP Server address is a DNS name, make sure it is not the name that now resolves to the appliance's numeric IP address. That would create an endless loop.