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Cisco Firepower Management Center 1000, 2500, and 4500 Getting Started Guide
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 (supported in Versions 6.3+), 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:
•
•
Physical Interfaces, 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
Caut i o n
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Start the Restore Utility Using KVM or Physical Serial Port, on page 54
Start the Restore Utility Using Lights-Out Management, on page 55
physical access to the appliance.)
Cisco Firepower Management Center 1000, 2500, and 4500 Getting Started Guide
Restore a Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults
to identify the serial port. To interact with the appliance, use terminal
You can use LOM on the default (eth0) management interface
only (see the diagram at
Physical Interfaces, on page 1
restore an FMC using LOM, you must grant LOM permission
to the admin user. For more information, see
Management, on page
41.
When restoring a device to factory settings for Version 6.3 +
using LOM, if you do not have physical access to the appliance
you will be unable to access the appliance after the restore.
Obtain the Restore ISO and Update Files, on page
). To
Set Up Lights-Out
The Restore Utility
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(This is useful if you do not have
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