HP 4800G Series Configuration Manual page 1741

If no primary IP address is configured on the specified source interface, no FTP connection can be
established.
If you use the ftp client source command to first configure the source interface and then the
source IP address of the transmitted packets, the newly configured source IP address will take
effect instead of the current source interface, and vice versa.
Follow these steps to establish an FTP connection (In IPv6 networking):
To do...
Log in to the remote FTP server
directly in user view
Log in to the remote FTP server
indirectly in FTP client view
Configuring the FTP Client
After a device serving as the FTP client has established a connection with the FTP server (For how to
establish an FTP connection, refer to
operations in the authorized directories of the FTP server:
Display help information of FTP-related
commands supported by the remote FTP
server
Enable information display in a detailed
manner
Enable FTP related debugging when the
device acts as the FTP client
Use another username to relog after
logging in to the FTP server successfully
Set the file transfer mode to ASCII
Set the file transfer mode to binary
Change the working path on the remote
FTP server
Exit the current directory and enter the
upper level directory
ftp ipv6 [ server-address
[ service-port ] [ source ipv6
source-ipv6-address ] [ -i
interface-type interface-number ] ]
ftp ipv6
open ipv6 server-address
[ service-port ] [ -i interface-type
interface-number ]
Establishing an FTP
To do...
Use the command...
Connection.), you can perform the following
Use the command...
remotehelp
[ protocol-command ]
verbose
debugging
user username [ password ]
ascii
binary
cd directory
cdup
2-4
Remarks
Use either approach.
The ftp ipv6 command
is available in user view;
and the open ipv6
command is available in
FTP client view.
Remarks
Optional
Optional
Enabled by default
Optional
Disabled by default
Optional
Optional
ASCII by default
Optional
ASCII by default
Optional
Optional