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Chapter 2: Configuring Appliance Settings
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Reinstalling Appliance Firmware
Introduction The Recovery CD included in the appliance packaging contains the software that was
installed on the appliance at the factory. You can reinstall the software from this CD on the
appliance.
Results This process does the following:
● Overwrites software configuration changes you have made since you first installed
the appliance.
● Restores the original, default login credentials:
■ username = admin
■ password = admin
Supported network
cards
If your appliance does not have an internal CD drive, you must use a separate computer
to reinstall the firmware. The computer you use must have one of the following network
cards installed for you to complete the reinstallation successfully:
Important: ISS supports only the network cards listed.
Card Brand Manufacturer
e1000 Intel PRO/1000
e100 Intel PRO/100
3c59x 3Com 3c590, 3c595, 3c905, 3c575
bcm5700 Broadcom 57xx Gigabit
sk98lin SysKonnect and Marvell Gigabit
tulip Digital/Intel 21x4x “Tulip”
eepro100 Intel PRO/100
8139too RealTek 8139
ne2k-pci NE2000-compatible PCI cards
pcnet32 AMD PCnet32, VMWare
sis900 SiS 900, 7016
via-rhine Via Rhine VT86C100A, 6102, 6105
8139cp RealTek 8139C+
epic100 SMC83c170, SMC83c175
xircom_cb Xircom CardBus
3c574_cs 3Com 3c574
axnet_cs Asix AX88190
nmclan_cs AMD Am79C940
Table 15: Supported network cards