Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600 Getting Started Manual page 55

Cisco Firepower Management Center 1600, 2600, and 4600 Getting Started Guide
Identify the Appliance's Management Interface
The first step in running the restore utility is to identify the management interface on the appliance you want
to restore, so that the appliance can communicate with the server where you copied the ISO and any update
files.
Before you begin
Be sure you have have completed the appropriate previous steps in the restore process as described in
a Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults, on page
Procedure
Step 1 From the restore utility main menu, choose 1 IP Configuration.
Step 2
Choose the appliance's management interface (generally eth0).
Step 3 Choose the protocol you are using for your management network: IPv4 or IPv6.
Options for assigning an IP address to the management interface appear.
Step 4 Choose a method to assign an IP address to the management interface:
• Static: A series of pages prompts you to manually enter the IP address, network mask or prefix length,
• DHCP: The appliance automatically detects the IP address, network mask or prefix length, and default
Step 5 When prompted, confirm your settings.
If prompted, confirm the IP address assigned to the appliance's management interface. If you are using LOM,
remember that the management IP address for the appliance is not the LOM IP address.
Specify the ISO Image Location and Transport Method
After you configure the management IP address that the restore process will use to download the files it needs,
you must identify which ISO image you will use to restore the appliance. This is the ISO image that you
downloaded from the Support Site (see
a web server, FTP server, or SCP-enabled host.
Before you begin
Be sure you have have completed the appropriate previous steps in the restore process as described in
a Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults, on page
Procedure
Step 1
From the restore utility main menu, choose 2 Choose the transport protocol.
Step 2 On the page that appears, choose either HTTP, FTP, or SCP.
Step 3
Use the series of pages presented by the restore utility to provide the necessary information for the protocol
you chose; see
and default gateway for the management interface.
gateway for the management interface, and then displays the IP address.
Restore Files Download Configuration, on page
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