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Rescue Tool
6.1
Overview
The Rescue Tool allows administrators to access a limited number of settings through a command line menu. The
functionality and use of the Rescue Tool is covered below.
For more information on the concepts of the functionality of the Rescue Tool, please refer to the
IDENTIKEY
Appliance
Product Guide.
6.2
Access the Rescue Tool
You can access to the Rescue Tool using the following methods:
If using IDENTIKEY Virtual Appliance, switch to the console view in your hypervisor software and log on. The
default user name is
rescue
with no password.
Connect a screen and a keyboard directly to the IDENTIKEY Appliance, and log on in a command-line prompt.
The default user name is
rescue
with no password. The Rescue menu is displayed.
Connect a workstation or laptop computer to the IDENTIKEY Appliance using a serial null modem cable
plugged into a serial port on both devices. Settings are listed in the table below. Please refer to the relevant
RS232 terminal client application (e.g. Hyperterminal or MiniTerm) for instructions on how to configure these
settings. Log on.
Note
The last two items of the list above do not apply to IDENTIKEY Virtual Appliance!
The number and format of the required user IDs for accessing the Rescue Tool can be configured – for more
information, refer to section
Add Authentication for the Rescue Tool
. The default user name for the Rescue
Tool is
rescue
with no password. When the required logon credentials have been provided, the Rescue menu is
displayed.
Note
This does not apply to IDENTIKEY Virtual Appliance!
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