Using The Interactive Menu To Restore An Appliance - Cisco 750 Getting Started Manual

2. Monitor the reboot status.
If the system is performing a database check, you may see the following message:
operational yet. Checking and repairing database are in progress. This may take a long time to finish.
When you see the BIOS boot options, press Tab slowly and repeatedly (to prevent the appliance from booting
the currently installed version of the system) until the LILO boot prompt appears. For example:
LILO 22.8 boot:
System-5.4 System_Restore
3. At the prompt, start the restore utility by typing
boot
The prompt appears after the following choices:
boot
0. Load with standard console
1. Load with serial console
4. Type and press Enter to load the interactive restore menu via the appliance's serial connection.
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Note: If you do not select a display mode, the restore utility defaults to the standard console after 30 seconds.
Unless this is the first time you have restored the appliance to this major version, the utility automatically loads
the last restore configuration you used. To continue, confirm the settings in a series of pages.
5. Press Enter to confirm the copyright notice.
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Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance

The restore utility for Firepower devices uses an interactive menu to guide you through the restoration.
Note: Only reimage your appliances during a maintenance window. 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 Process, page
The menu displays the options listed in the following table.
Table 2 Restore Menu Options
Option
1 IP Configuration
2 Choose the transport
protocol
3 Select Patches/Rule
Updates
4 Download and Mount
ISO
Cisco Firepower Management Center Getting Started Guide
Using the Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance, page
Description
Specify network information about the
management interface on the appliance you
want to restore, so that the appliance can
communicate with the server where you placed
the ISO and any update files.
Specify the location of the ISO image you will use
to restore the appliance, as well as any
credentials the appliance needs to download the
file.
Specify a system software and intrusion rules
update to be applied after the appliance is
restored to the base version in the ISO image.
Download the appropriate ISO image and any
system software or intrusion rule updates. Mount
the ISO image.
Restoring a Firepower Management Center to Factory Defaults
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System_Restore
17.
13.
For more information, see...
Identifying the Appliance's
Management Interface, page 18
Specifying ISO Image Location and
Transport Method, page 19
Updating System Software and
Intrusion Rules During Restore,
page 20
Downloading the ISO and Update Files
and Mounting the Image, page 20
The system is not
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