Cisco 7010 Installation Manual page 160

Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance
For a keyboard and monitor connection, quickly press one of the arrow keys to prevent the appliance
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from booting the currently installed version of the system.
• For a serial or SOL/LOM connection, when you see the BIOS boot options, press Tab slowly and
repeatedly until the LILO boot prompt appears. For example:
LILO 22.8 boot:
System-5.4 System_Restore
Indicate that you want to restore the system:
Step 4
For a keyboard and monitor connection, use the arrow keys to select
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Enter.
For a serial or SOL/LOM connection, type
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In either case, the
0. Load with standard console
1. Load with serial console
Select a display mode for the restore utility's interactive menu:
Step 5
• For a keyboard and monitor connection, type
• For a serial or SOL/LOM connection, type
If you do not select a display mode, the restore utility defaults to the standard console after 30 seconds.
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.
Step 6 Press Enter to confirm the copyright notice.
What to do Next
Begin the second pass of the process, starting with
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Appliance, page
Second or Only Pass
Use the following procedure to perform the second or only pass through the restore process.
To perform the second or only pass through the restore process:
From the main menu, select
Step 1
Confirm that you want to restore the appliance and continue with the next step.
Step 2
Choose whether you want to delete the appliance's license and network settings. Deleting these settings
Step 3
also resets display (console) and LOM settings.
In most cases, you do not want to delete these settings, because it can make the initial setup process
shorter. Changing settings after the restore and subsequent initial setup is often less time consuming than
trying to reset them now. For more information, see
Do not delete the network settings if you are restoring the appliance using a LOM connection. After you
Caution
reboot the appliance, you will be unable to reconnect via LOM.
Type your final confirmation that you want to restore the appliance.
Step 4
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prompt appears after the following choices:
boot
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Restoring a Firepower System Appliance to Factory Defaults
System_Restore
at the prompt and press Enter.
System_Restore
and press Enter.
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and press Enter.
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Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an
Next Steps, page 8-14.
and press