Restoring Factory Defaults

If necessary, restore the appliance to its factory default settings.

Important - If you restore factory defaults, note that all information on the appliance is deleted.

Restoring in Gaia Portal

To restore an appliance in Gaia Portal:

In your web browser, connect to the management IP address:

https://<IP Address of Appliance>

Log in to the Gaia Portal with the administrator username and password.
In the left navigation tree, click Maintenance > Factory Defaults.

The Factory Defaults window opens. The image installed on the appliance is shown.
Click Apply.

The appliance reboots and begins the installation process of the selected version.

To restore the appliance from the Boot Menu:

Connect the supplied serial cable's RJ45 or USB type-C connector to the console port on the front of the appliance.
From the computer, open a terminal emulation program such as PuTTY or Microsoft HyperTerminal.
Configure the terminal emulation program:
- In PuTTY select the Serial connection type.
- In the HyperTerminal Connect To window, select a port from the Connect using list.
Define the serial port settings:

9600 BPS, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
From the Flow control list, select None.
Connect to the appliance.
Reboot or turn on the appliance.

The appliance initializes and status messages appear in the terminal emulation program.
When the message "Press any key to see the boot menu" appears, you have approximately four seconds to hit any key to activate the Boot menu.
From the Boot menu, select the relevant Reset to factory defaults image.
Press Enter.

The appliance initializes and status messages appear in the terminal emulation program.

To restore the appliance in Gaia Clish:

Run:

set fcd revert<SPACE><TAB>

set fcd revert <Name of Default Image>

Reboot the appliance:

reboot