Restoring The Encryption Key; Clearing The Nvram - Ricoh D127 Field Service Manual

Restoring the Encryption key

When replacing the controller board for a model in which the HDD encryption unit has been installed,
updating the encryption key is required.
1. Prepare an SD card which is initialized.
2. Make the "restore_key" folder in the SD card.
3. Make an "nvram_key.txt" file in the "restore_key" folder in the SD card.
4. Ask an administrator to input the encryption key (this has been printed out earlier by the user) into
the "nvram_key.txt" file.
5. Remove only the HDD unit.
6. Turn on the main power switch.
7. Confirm that the prompt on the LCD tells you to install the SD card (storing the encryption key) in the
machine.
8. Turn off the main power switch.
9. Insert the SD card that contains the encryption key into slot 1.
10. Turn on the main power switch, and the machine automatically restores the encryption key in the
flash memory on the controller board.
11. Turn off the main power switch after the machine has returned to normal status.
12. Remove the SD card from slot 1.
13. Reinstall the HDD unit.

Clearing the NVRAM

When replacing the controller board for a model in which the HDD encryption unit has been installed
and a customer has lost the encryption key, clearing the NVRAM is required to recover the HDD
encryption unit.
1. Prepare an SD card which is initialized.
2. Make the "restore_key" folder in the SD card.
3. Make an "nvram_key.txt" file in the "restore_key" folder in the SD card.
4. Input "nvclear" into the "nvram_key.txt" file.
5. Turn on the main power switch.
6. Confirm that the prompt on the LCD tells you to install the SD card (storing the encryption key) in the
machine.
7. Turn off the main power switch.
8. Insert the SD card that contains "nvclear" into slot 1.
9. Turn on the main power switch, and the machine automatically restores the encryption key in the
flash memory on the controller board.
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