Using The Interactive Menu To Restore An Appliance - Cisco 7010 Installation Manual

Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance

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Where
of an authorized LOM account, and
prompts you for the password after you issue the
If you are using a Firepower device, type
Reboot the appliance as root user:
Step 2
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The appliance reboots.
Monitor the reboot status.
Step 3
If the system is performing a database check, you may see the following message:
operational yet. Checking and repairing database are in progress. This may take a long
time to finish.
When you see the BIOS boot options, press Tab slowly and repeatedly (to prevent the appliance from
booting the currently installed version of the system) until the LILO boot prompt appears. For example:
LILO 22.8 boot:
System-5.4 System_Restore
At the
Step 4
The
0. Load with standard console
1. Load with serial console
Type
Step 5
If you do not select a display mode, the restore utility defaults to the standard console after 30 seconds.
Note
Unless this is the first time you have restored the appliance to this major version, the utility automatically
loads the last restore configuration you used. To continue, confirm the settings in a series of pages.
Press Enter to confirm the copyright notice.
Step 6
What to Do Next
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Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance

The restore utility for Firepower devices uses an interactive menu to guide you through the restoration.
Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
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For IPMItool, type:
sudo ipmitool -I lanplus -H IP_address -U username sol activate
For ipmiutil, type:
sudo ipmiutil sol -a -V4 -J3 -N IP_address -U username -P password
is the IP address of the management interface on the appliance,
IP_address
For a Firepower device, type
prompt, start the restore utility by typing
boot
prompt appears after the following choices:
boot
and press Enter to load the interactive restore menu via the appliance's serial connection.
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Continue with Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance, page
Chapter 8 Restoring a Firepower System Appliance to Factory Defaults
is the password for that account. Note that IPMItool
password
sol activate
to display the shell prompt.
expert
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system reboot
System_Restore
username
command.
The system is not
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is user name