Check Point Smart-1 205, Getting Started Manual

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Hardware Diagnostic Tool and Restoring Factory Defaults
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Restoring Using the Console Boot Menu
To restore the appliance using the console boot menu:
1. Connect the supplied serial cable's RJ45 connector to the console port on the front
of the appliance.
2. From the computer, open a terminal emulation program such as Microsoft
HyperTerminal or PuTTY.
3. Configure the terminal emulation program:
• In the HyperTerminal
Connect To
window, select a port from the
Connect using
list.
•
In PuTTY select the
Serial
connection type.
4. Define the serial port settings: 9600 BPS, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
5. From the
Flow control
list, select
None
.
6. Connect to the appliance.
7. Turn on the appliance.
The appliance initializes and status messages are shown in the terminal emulation
program.
8. When this message is shown, you have approximately four seconds to hit any key
to activate the
Boot menu.
9. From the
Boot
menu, select the relevant
Reset to factory defaults
image.
10. Press Enter .