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Restoring a Sourcefire Appliance to Factory Defaults
Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance
Chapter 7
3.
Choose whether you want to delete the appliance’s license and network
settings. Deleting these settings also resets display (console) settings and, for
Series 3 appliances, LOM.
In most cases, you do not want to delete these settings, because it can make
the initial setup process shorter. Changing settings after the restore and
subsequent initial setup is often less time consuming than trying to reset
them now. For more information, see
4.
If you are using a USB drive to restore the appliance, remove the drive when
the restore utility prompts you to type your final confirmation that you want to
restore the appliance.
5.
Type your final confirmation that you want to restore the appliance.
The final stage of the restore process begins. When it completes, if
prompted, confirm that you want to reboot the appliance.
WARNING!
Make sure you allow sufficient time for the restore process to
complete. On appliances with internal flash drives, the utility first updates the
flash drive, which is then used to perform other restore tasks. If you quit (by
pressing Ctrl + C, for example) during the flash update, you could cause an
unrecoverable error. If you think the restore is taking too long or you
experience any other issues with the process, do
not
quit. Instead, contact
Support.
IMPORTANT!
Reimaging resets appliances in bypass mode to a non-bypass
configuration and disrupts traffic on your network until you reconfigure
bypass mode. For more information, see
Traffic Flow During the Restore
6.
Saving and Loading Restore Configurations
S
UPPORTED
D
EVICES
:
Any
S
UPPORTED
D
EFENSE
C
ENTERS
:
Any except DC1000/3000
For most appliances, you can use the restore utility to save a restore configuration
to use if you need to restore the appliance again. Although the restore utility