Source fire Sourcefire 3D System - Starting the Restore Utility Using Lights-Out Management

Version 5.2 Sourcefire 3D System Installation Guide 205
Restoring a Sourcefire Appliance to Factory Defaults
Beginning the Restore Process
Chapter 7
6. Select a display mode for the restore utility’s interactive menu:
• For a keyboard and monitor connection, type
0 and press Enter.
• For a serial connection, type
1 and press Enter.
If you do not select a display mode, the restore utility defaults to the standard
console after 10 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.
The restore utility copyright notice appears.
7. Press Enter to confirm the copyright notice and continue with Using the
Interactive Menu to Restore an Appliance on page 207.
Starting the Restore Utility Using Lights-Out Management
SUPPORTED DEVICES: Series 3
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UPPORTED DEFENSE CENTERS: Series 3
If you need to restore a Series 3 appliance to factory defaults and do not have
physical access to the appliance, you can use LOM to perform the restore
process.
IMPORTANT! Before you can restore an appliance using LOM, you must enable
the feature; see Setting up Lights-Out Management on page 219.
To start the restore utility using Lights-Out Management:
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CCESS: Admin
1. At your computer’s command prompt, enter the IPMI command to start the
SOL session and display the prompt for the appliance:
• For IPMItool, type:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H IP_address -U username sol activate
• For ipmiutil, type:
ipmiutil sol -a -V4 -J3 -N IP_address -U username -P
password
Where
IP_address is the IP address of the management interface on the
appliance,
username is user name of an authorized LOM account, and
password is the password for that account. Note that IPMItool prompts you
for the password after you issue the
sol activate command.