Identifying The Appliance's Management Interface - Cisco 7010 Installation Manual

Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance
Tip To use a previously saved configuration, start with menu option
Configurations, page
ISO and Update Files and Mounting the Image, page
To restore an appliance using the interactive menu, use the following steps:
Step 1 1 IP Configuration
Step 2 2 Choose the transport protocol
Step 3 3 Select Patches/Rule Updates
Restore, page
Step 4 4 Download and Mount ISO
page
Step 5 5 Run the Install

Identifying the Appliance's Management Interface

The first step in running the restore utility is to identify the management interface on the appliance you
want to restore, so that the appliance can communicate with the server where you copied the ISO and
any update files. If you are using LOM, remember that the management IP address for the appliance is
not the LOM IP address.
To identify the appliance's management interface:
From the main menu, select
Step 1
Select the appliance's management interface (generally
Step 2
Select the protocol you are using for your management network:
Step 3
Options for assigning an IP address to the management interface appear.
Step 4 Select a method to assign an IP address to the management interface:
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Step 5 When prompted, confirm your settings.
If prompted, confirm the IP address assigned to the appliance's management interface.
What to Do Next
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Firepower 7000 and 8000 Series Installation Guide
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8-13. After you load the configuration, skip to menu option
— see Identifying the Appliance's Management Interface, page
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— see
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— see Invoking the Restore Process, page
Admin
Access:
1 IP Configuration
If you select Static , a series of pages prompts you to manually enter the IP address, network mask or
prefix length, and default gateway for the management interface.
If you select DHCP , the appliance automatically detects the IP address, network mask or prefix length,
and default gateway for the management interface, then displays the IP address.
Continue with the next section,
Chapter 8 Restoring a Firepower System Appliance to Factory Defaults
8-11.
Specifying ISO Image Location and Transport Method, page
Updating System Software and Intrusion Rules During
Downloading the ISO and Update Files and Mounting the Image,
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Specifying ISO Image Location and Transport
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: Downloading the
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Static or DHCP :
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