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Chapter 6
VSX Appliance Recovery
VSX comes preloaded on your Check Point 21400 VSX appliance. If, for any reason, you need to reinstall
VSX on the appliance, follow this procedure.
To reinstall VSX software on the appliance:
1. Connect to the appliance console using the designated cord received in your shipping carton (RJ45/D-
subminiature cable) and connect to the console using Terminal Emulation software, such as
HyperTerminal or PuTTY.
2. Load the Installation CD that you received in your shipping carton into a portable USB CD-ROM/DVD-
ROM drive.
3. Connect the portable CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive to the appliance's USB socket.
4. Power-On your appliance.
5. Once the appliance boots from the CDROM/DVD drive, press
Enter
to start the installation.
6. The installation automatically installs all required components and the progress of each stage is shown.
7. When you see the message, "You may safely reboot your system," reboot the appliance manually using
the master power button. Turn the appliance off and disconnect the USB CD-ROM/DVD-ROM. After
several seconds, press the master power button to turn on the appliance again.
To install the existing security policy and configuration on the recovered gateway or
cluster members:
1. From the command line of the Security Manager server or Multi-Domain Security Management run:
vsx_util reconfigure
2. Enter the following information when prompted:
a) IP address of the Security Manager server or CMA that holds the VSX object
b) Administrator username and password
c) Gateway or Cluster member object name
d) SIC activation key for the recovered gateway or cluster member
3. Reboot the reconfigured gateway or Cluster member.
The VSX appliance now contains the security policy and is part of the network configuration. For more
information about the
vsx_util reconfigure
command, see the
VSX NGX R67 Administration
Guide
(
http://supportcontent.checkpoint.com/documentation_download?ID=10165
).