Hardware Configuration Reset - Avaya AP-7 User Manual

8. Reboot the AP. When the AP reboots it receives the new configuration information and
must reboot one additional time. If a Syslog server was configured, the following messages
can be observed on the Syslog server:
AutoConfig for Dynamic IP
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TFTP server address and configuration filename
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AutoConfg Successful
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Hardware Configuration Reset

Hardware Configuration Reset is a parameter that defines the hardware configuration reset
behavior of the AP (i.e., what effect pressing the reload button has on an AP operating in normal
operating mode).
If a user loses or forgets the AP's HTTP/Telnet/SNMP password, the reset button on the AP
provides a way to reset the AP to default configuration values to gain access to the AP.
However, in AP deployments where physical access to the AP is not protected, an unauthorized
person could reset the AP to factory defaults and thus gain control of the AP. You can disable
the hardware configuration reset functionality to prevent unauthorized access.
The hardware configuration reset feature operates as follows:
When hardware configuration reset is enabled, you can press the hardware reload button
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for 10 seconds when the AP is in normal operational mode in order to delete the AP
configuration.
When hardware configuration reset is disabled, pressing the reload button when the AP is
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in normal operational mode does not have any effect on the AP.
The hardware configuration reset parameter does not have any effect on the functionality
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of the reload button to delete the AP image during AP boot loaded execution.
The default hardware configuration reset status is enabled. If you disable hardware
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configuration reset, Avaya recommends that you configure a configuration reset password.
A configuration reset option appears on the serial port during boot up, before the AP reads
its configuration and initializes.
Whenever the AP is reset to factory default configuration, hardware configuration reset
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status is enabled and the configuration reset password is set to the default, "public".
If secure mode is enabled in the AP, only secure (SSL, SNMPv3, SSH) users can modify
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the values of the Hardware Configuration Reset Status and the configuration reset
password.
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