Device Management
Configuration Management
Cisco ISA500 Series Integrated Security Appliance Administrator Guide
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Configuration Management
You can perform the following tasks to maintain the configurations:
•
Save the current settings used on your security appliance. See
Current Configurations, page 294
•
Restore your settings from a saved configuration file. See
Settings from a Saved Configuration File, page 295
•
Revert to the factory default settings. See
Saving your Current Configurations
You can save your current settings as a configuration file on the local PC or on a
USB device if applicable.
NOTE
When saving the configurations to a file, the security license and self-certificates
will not be saved in the file.
STEP 1
Click
Device Management -> Firmware and Configuration -> Configuration
.
The Configuration window opens.
STEP 2
To save the current settings on your local PC, perform the following steps:
a. In
Backup/Restore Settings
area, click
Backup
after the
Save A Copy of
Current Settings
option. The Encryption window opens.
b. You can optionally encrypt the configurations for security purposes. If you do
not encrypt the configurations, click
OK
.
c. If you want to encrypt the configurations, check the
Encrypt
box and enter the
password in the
Key
field, and then click
OK
.
d. Locate where to save the configuration file, and then click
Save
.