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Chapter 4 Administering the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Recovery Management
To re-image your Cisco Secure ACS Appliance, follow these steps:
Caution Performing this procedure destroys all data stored on the Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance.
Step 1 Connect a console to the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance console port. For the
location of the console port, see Figure 1-3 on page 1-5.
Step 2 Put the Recovery CD in the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance CD-ROM drive. For the
location of the CD-ROM drive, see Figure 1-2 on page 1-4.
Step 3 Power on the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance. (Or if the appliance is already
running, reboot it. For more information, see Rebooting the Appliance via Serial
Console, page 4-4.
Result: The Cisco Secure ACS Appliance displays the following message on the
console:
ACS Appliance Recovery Options
[1] Reset administrator account
[2] Restore hard disk image from CD
[3] Exit and reboot
Enter menu item number: [ ]
Step 4 Type 2, and then press Enter.
Result: The Cisco Secure ACS Appliance displays the following message on the
console:
This operation will completely erase the hard drive. Press ‘Y’ to
confirm, any other key to cancel: __
Caution The next step erases the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance hard drive. You will
permanently lose all system data that you have not backed up.