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Using the Recovery/Upgrade CD with the Appliance
Signature updates, which include the Network Security Database (NSDB), occur
approximately every two weeks. The most recent signature update will not be on
the recovery/upgrade CD that shipped with your appliance. Download the most
recent signature update and apply it after you have recovered the system image.
To recover the system image with the recovery/upgrade CD, follow these steps:
Obtain your configuration information from IDM:
Step 1
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Step 2 Insert the recovery/upgrade CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Power off the appliance and then power it back on.
Step 3
The boot menu appears, which lists important notices and boot options.
IDS-4220/4230 customers:
Sniffing and Command-and-Control interfaces have been swapped in CIDS
4.0. Reference the 4.0 software documentation before proceeding.
IDS-4235/4250 customers: BIOS version "A04" or later is required to
run CIDS 4.0 on your appliance. Reference the 4.0 software
documentation before proceeding.
- To recover the Cisco IDS 4.0 Application using a local
keyboard/monitor, type: k <ENTER>. (WARNING: ALL DATA ON DISK 1 WILL
BE LOST)
- To recover the Cisco IDS 4.0 Application using a serial connection,
type: s <ENTER>, or just press <ENTER> (WARNING: ALL DATA ON DISK 1
WILL BE LOST)
Type k if you are installing from a keyboard, or type s if you are installing from
Step 4
a serial connection.
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To access IDM, point your browser to the appliance you are upgrading.
Select Administration > Diagnostics.
The Diagnostics panel appears.
Click Run Diagnostics.
Running the diagnostics may take a while.
Click View Results.
The results are displayed in a report.
To save the diagnostics report, select Menu > Save As in your browser.
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