HP E4510-48G Command Reference Manual page 1086

At login, you will be asked to enter the username and password for accessing the FTP server. If your
input is correct, the login succeeds; otherwise, it fails.
Related commands: close.
Examples
# Log in to the FTP server (with IPv6 address 3000::200) in FTP client view.
<Sysname> ftp
[ftp] open ipv6 3000::200
Trying 3000::200 ...
Press CTRL+K to abort
Connected to 3000::200.
220 Welcome!
User(3000::200:(none)): MY_NAME
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
passive
Syntax
passive
undo passive
View
FTP client view
Default Level
3: Manage level
Parameters
None
Description
Use the passive command to set the data transmission mode to passive.
Use the undo passive command to set the data transmission mode to active.
The default transmission mode is passive.
Data transmission modes fall into the passive mode and the active mode. The active mode means that
the data connection request is initiated by a server. The passive mode means that the data connection
request is initiated by a client. This command is mainly used in conjunction with a firewall to restrict the
FTP session connection between private and public network users.
Examples
# Set the data transmission mode to passive.
[ftp] passive
FTP: passive is on
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