To backup to the USB, enter a brief Description of the backup in the Local Configuration Backups
menu and select Save Backup.
The Local Configuration Backup menu will display all the configuration backup files you have
stored onto the USB flash.
To restore a backup from the USB simply select Restore on the particular backup you wish to
restore and click Apply.
After saving a local configuration backup, you may choose to use it as the alternate default
configuration. When the console server is reset to factory defaults, it will then load your alternate
default configuration instead of its factory settings:
To set an alternate default configuration, check Load On Erase and click Apply.
Note Before selecting Loa d On Erase, m ake sure that you have tested your alternate default
configuration by cli cking Restore.
If your alternate default configuration cau ses the console server to not boot, recover your unit to
factory settings u sing the following steps:
- If the configuration i s stored on an external USB st orage device, unplug the storage device
and reset to factory defaults as per section 11.1 of the user manual.
- If the configurati on i s stored on an internal USB storage device, reset it to factory defaults
using a specially prepared USB storage devi ce:
o The USB storage dev ice must be formatted wit h a Windows FAT32/V FAT file system
on the first partiti on or t he entire disk; most USB thumb drives are already f ormatted
this way.
o The file system must have t he volume label: OPG_DEF AULT.
o Insert this USB st orage device into an external USB port on the console server and
reset to factory def aul ts as described in Section 11.1.
- After recovering your con so le se r ve r, make sure the problem configuration is no long er selected
for Load On Erase.
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