User`s guide

4 Configuring the Server for FTP Access

This chapter describes how to configure the System Director (ISIS | 2500) or the File

Gateway server (ISIS | 7500 and ISIS | 5500) to share Avid ISIS workspaces using File

Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP functionality is done through Microsoft’s Internet

Information Services (IIS) and the FTP Service.

In ISIS | 2500 environments, only System Directors with a 10 Gb connection to the

switch support FTP clients.

Avid recommends the following FTP client applications:

• Microsoft Expression Web 4

• FileZilla

•Core FTP LE

• SmartFTP Client

For information on configuring Microsoft FTP Server Sites, see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283679.

About the FTP Server

In an ISIS | 7500 or ISIS | 5500 environment, the separate File Gateway server uses the

Ethernet ports on the back of the server. Each port is dedicated to specific network traffic.

Avid recommends you rename these ports so they can be easily identified as follows:

• ISIS Traffic

• CIFS_FTP Traffic

The ISIS Traffic port also requires a setting change. You must first set up your File Gateway

in your Avid ISIS network before installing the software. For instructions on renaming the

network ports, see

“Setting Up Separate Network Traffic” on page 31.