topic Re: Transfer large files from Fabric Engine (Windows) in ExtremeSwitching (VSP/Fabric Engine)

Transfer large files from Fabric Engine (Windows)

jeronimo — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:30:22 GMT

Connecting from my (Windows) workstation to the switch using SFTP gives "FXP_READ" errors when trying to download files larger than 30kB or so.

Using SCP just disconnects me when I try to download.

The other way round, copy command to push them off the switch to somewhere else doesn't have a vrf option, so I can't use that either.

Linux sftp seems to work fine (or at least not complain and the files seem to be intact)

Re: Transfer large files from Fabric Engine (Windows)

Phil_ — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:44:07 GMT

Hi jeronimo,
How did you attempt to download the files? Which tool did you use? Have you made any changes to your SSH service?

Re: Transfer large files from Fabric Engine (Windows)

jeronimo — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:45:25 GMT

Filezilla and Winscp both do not work with neither protocol. Nor does for example Mobaxterm.

Finally I managed to download using Linux SFTP tool.

Re: Transfer large files from Fabric Engine (Windows)

CordScott — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:54:55 GMT

SFTP seems to be the go to for this. Oddly uploading large files like tpvm images I have to use open ssh with -O to use the older scp protocol as opposed to sftp. Go figure.