User guide

Reinstalling Appliance Firmware

Proventia Network IPS G and GX Appliance User Guide

5. Press the L key.

The following message appears:

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Proventia GXxxxx Recovery Boot

The PXE boot server displays status messages from the appliance, and then boots the

installer over the network.

6. At the prompt, type

reinstall

, and then press ENTER.

The installer reloads the operating system.

Note: When the reinstallation is complete, the appliance automatically reboots. Let

the appliance complete the boot process without interruption.

7. When the appliance has rebooted, the

unconfigured.appliance login

prompt

appears.

You can log in with the default user and password of admin/admin and configure the

appliance using the Configuration Menu, or you can configure the appliance using

the LCD panel on the front of the appliance.

Reinstalling using a

USB CD-ROM drive

To reinstall an appliance using a USB CD-ROM drive:

1. Turn the appliance off.

2. Connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the USB port on the appliance.

3. Connect one end of the serial console cable to the console port of the appliance and

connect the other end to the serial port on another computer.

4. Establish a serial connection from the computer to the appliance using a terminal

emulation program. Use the following settings:

■ Port: The serial port you have used on the computer, usually COM1.

■ Emulation: VT100

■ Bits per second: 9600

■ Data Bits: 8

■ Parity: None

■ Stop Bits: 1

■ Flow Control: None

5. Restart the appliance and insert the recovery CD into the USB CD-ROM drive.

6. The appliance starts up from the CD and displays the following message:

CAUTION: Reinstalling from the recovery CD restores the appliance to

its original configuration and removes any customized settings. The

appliance also reverts to the default password.

7. Type “reinstall,” and press ENTER.

When the reinstallation process is complete, the appliance automatically restarts.

IMPORTANT: Let the appliance complete the boot process without interruption.

Otherwise, you could risk damaging the appliance.