The partner system is the remote system with which files are to be exchanged. You address the partner system via a partner name or its partner address ("dynamic partners").
The FT administrator may deactivate the use of dynamic partners for security reasons. In this case, you may only use partner names from the partner list.
Partner name
A partner name is a name of 8 characters or less which is assigned by the FT administrator when including a partner system in the partner list. This approach should primarily be used for partner systems which are frequently communicated with.
Partner address
If the FT administrator has not assigned a partner name or if you do not know the name, you can address a partner host using the partner address. A partner address has the following structure:
[protocol://]host[:[port].[tsel].[ssel].[psel]]
host (= computer name of the partner system) is mandatory; all other specifications are optional, see also section "Partner addresses". In many cases, the other specifications are covered by the default values, so that the host name suffices as the partner address.
The individual components of the address are explained in the corresponding openFT manuals „Command Interface“.