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Restore a Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults
Note The procedures in this chapter explain how to restore an appliance without powering it down. However, if
you need to power down for any reason, use the appliance's web interface, the system shutdown command
from the FMC CLI or the shutdown -h now command from the appliance shell.
Restore a Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults
This topic provides a high-level description of the tasks required to restore a FMC to factory defaults, and the
order in which you must perform them.
Before you begin
Become familiar with the FMC's interactive restore menu. For more information, see
Menu, on page
Procedure
Step 1 Obtain the restore and ISO update files. See
Step 2
Start the restore process using one of these two methods:
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• Serial Connection/Laptop—You can use the RJ-45 to DP-9 console cable supplied with the appliance
(Cisco part number 72-3383-XX) to connect a computer to the appliance. Refer to the figure at
Panel Features, on page 1
emulation software such as HyperTerminal or XModem.
• Lights-Out Management Using Serial over LAN—You can perform a limited set of actions on
FMCs using LOM with an SOL connection. If you do not have physical access to an appliance, you
can use LOM to perform the restore process. After you connect to an appliance using LOM, you
issue commands to the restore utility as if you were using a physical serial connection.
Note You can use LOM on the default (eth0) management interface only (see the
diagram at Rear Panel Features, on page
you must grant LOM permission to the admin user. For more information, see
Set Up Lights-Out Management, on page
Caution
When restoring a device to factory settings using LOM, if you do not have physical
access to the appliance you will be unable to access the appliance after the restore.
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Start the Restore Utility Using KVM or Physical Serial Port, on page 53
Start the Restore Utility Using Lights-Out Management, on page 53
physical access to the appliance.)
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to identify the serial port. To interact with the appliance, use terminal
1). To restore an FMC using LOM,
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Obtain the Restore ISO and Update Files, on page
The Restore Utility
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(This is useful if you do not have
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