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Start the Restore Utility Using KVM or Physical Serial Port
Caution
Start the Restore Utility Using KVM or Physical Serial Port
For FMCs, Cisco provides a restore utility on an internal flash drive.
Before you begin
Be sure you have completed the appropriate previous steps in the restore process as described in
Firepower Management Center to its Factory Defaults, on page
Procedure
Step 1
Using your keyboard/monitor or serial connection, log into the appliance's shell using the admin account.
Use the steps appropriate to your Firepower version; see
page
Step 2
Reboot the appliance; enter sudo reboot. Provide the admin password when prompted.
Note
Step 3
Monitor the reboot status. When the boot menu appears, quickly select Option 3 to restore the system.
Note
Step 4
The system prompts for the display mode for the restore utility's interactive menu. Quickly choose from:
• For a keyboard and monitor connection, enter 1 and press Enter.
• For a serial connection, enter 2 and press Enter.
If you do not select a display mode, the restore utility defaults to the option marked with an asterisk (*).
Note
Unless this is the first time you have restored the appliance to this major version, the utility automatically
loads the last restore configuration you used. To continue, confirm the settings in a series of pages.
Step 5
Press Enter to confirm the copyright notice.
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Do not transfer ISO or update files using email; the files can become corrupted. Also, do not change
the names of the files; the restore utility requires that they be named as they are on the Support Site.
5.
You must perform steps 3 and 4 quickly to avoid a physical reboot.
The boot menu gives you only a few seconds to make your selection before timing out. If you miss
your window of opportunity, the appliance proceeds with the reboot process. Wait until the reboot
is complete and try again.
The display mode menu gives you only a few seconds to make your selection before timing out. If
you miss your window of opportunity and accidentally reboot the appliance into system restore
mode with the wrong console selection, wait until the reboot is complete, then the power down the
appliance. (You must use the power button to shut down the appliance at this time because the FMC
software is not running.) Then power on the FMC and start over with this task.
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Access the CLI or the Linux Shell on the FMC, on
Restore a
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