Restore The Default Configuration - Cisco PIX 506 - Firewall Quick Start Manual

Follow these steps to use an activation key:
Ensure that the image in Flash memory and the Running Image are the same.
Step 1
From the CLI, enter the activation-key activation-key-four-tuple command, replacing
Step 2
activation-key-four-tuple with the activation key obtained from Cisco.
Note Make sure that you are in config mode to enter a new activation key.
Reboot the PIX Firewall by powering it off and then on again.
Step 3
After the key update is complete, the system reloads again to update the running image.
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Restore the Default Configuration

Caution Entering the config factory-default command erases the current running configuration.
If you inadvertently erase the default configuration or need to restore the default configuration, you
can restore the factory default values in one of the following ways:
• Run the Startup Wizard and click Reset PIX to Factory Default Configuration from the Starting
Configuration page.
• Use PDM and click File>Reset PIX to Factory Default Configuration.
• Use PDM or a terminal emulation program and enter the following commands:
Command
config factory-default [<inside ip
Step 1
address> [address mask]]
write memory
Step 2
1. If the optional inside IP address and optional address mask are specified, the factory-default configuration
will reflect the specified IP address.
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Description
Erases the running configuration and replaces it with
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the factory default configuration.
Writes the factory default configuration to Flash
memory.