Hardware Installation Guide - Mediatrix Sentinel
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Pressing Time
Action
Comment
LED Pattern
2 to 6 seconds
Restarts the Mediatrix
unit.
No changes are made
to the Mediatrix unit
settings.
Power1 blinking, all
other LEDs OFF
7 to 11 seconds
Initiates a Partial Reset of
the Mediatrix unit.
Restarts the unit in a
known and static state
while keeping most
of the configuration
unchanged.
All LEDs blinking, 1cycle
per second, 50% duty
12 to 16 seconds
Initiates a Factory Reset
of the Mediatrix unit
Reverts the unit back
to its default factory
settings.
All LEDs steady ON
17 seconds and more
No action is taken. This is
useful if you accidentally
pushed the button and
do not need and action to
be applied.
The action is ignored
N/A
Partial Reset
The partial reset provides a way to contact the Mediatrix unit in a known and static state while keeping most
of the configuration unchanged.
A partial reset can be performed at the initial start-up of the Mediatrix unit or on a unit already in use where
the configuration was modified in such a way that the user can longer access the system by the web page or
otherwise. In both cases, the user will access the Rescue Interface with the Rescue Network Interface using
either a static IPv4 address (192.168.0.1 ) or an IPv6 Link Local address connection. These connections give
access to the Rescue Management Interface where the configuration of a new unit can be completed and
where an existing configuration can be modified.
By default the Rescue Network Interface is disabled. When a partial reset is performed, the Rescue network
Interface becomes enabled. Once the configuration has been modified to solve the problem that required the
partial reset, it is important to access the Management interface using the Network Interface Configuration
defined for your set-up, and to disable the Rescue Network Interface to make sure that you are no longer
working in the Rescue Network Interface.
Performing a partial reset on a new unit will not modify the configuration, as it has not yet been modified to
your needs. However, a partial reset performed on a unit already in use will :
• Cancel the changes that were being modified but not yet applied to the configuration
• Remove all Network and Local Firewall rules.
• Remove all Nat rules.
• Disable any Network Interface in conflict with the Network Rescue Interface.
• Configure and enable the Rescue Network Interface to:
— use the Eth1 link, or the same link as the one used by the Uplink Network Interface.
— set the IP address to 192.168.0.1 and the Network Mask to 255.255.255.0.
— set the IPv6 link-local address on all network links. The IPv6 link-local address can be found
underneath the unit.
