Resetting The Device - Cisco ISA500 Series Administration Manual

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Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliance Administration Guide
To manually upgrade the firmware from your local PC, perform the following steps:
a. In the Network -> Firmware Upgrade area, click Browse to locate and select
the firmware image from your local PC.
b. To upgrade the firmware and keep using the current settings, click Upgrade.
c. To upgrade the firmware and revert to the factory default settings, click
Upgrade & Factory Reset. When the operation is complete, the security
appliance automatically reboots with the factory default settings.
To upgrade the firmware through a USB device, perform the following steps:
a. Insert the USB device with the firmware images into the USB interface on the
back panel of your security appliance. The USB device is automatically
mounted after you inserted it.
b. In the USB -> Mount/Unmount area, check the mounting status of the USB
device. Make sure that the USB Driver Status shows as "UP" when you use the
USB device to manage the firmware.
c. In the USB -> Backup/Restore Settings area, all firmware images located on
the USB device appears in the list.
• To upgrade the firmware and keep using the current settings, select the
latest firmware image from the list and then click Upgrade.
• To upgrade the firmware and revert to the factory default settings, select the
latest firmware image from the list and then click Upgrade & Factory Reset.
When the operation is complete, the security appliance automatically
reboots with the factory default settings.

Resetting the Device

To revert your security appliance to the factory default settings, you can press and
hold the RESET button on the back panel for minimum of 3 seconds, or perform the
following procedures.
The Revert To Factory Default Settings operation will wipe out the current
configurations used on your security appliance (including the imported
certificates). We recommmend that you save the current settings before reverting
to the factory default settings.
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