SonicWALL SafeMode
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Resetting the SonicWALL Security Appliance Using SafeMode
SonicWALL SafeMode
If you are unable to connect to the SonicWALL security appliance’s management interface, you can restart the SonicWALL security appliance in SafeMode. The SonicWALL security appliance security appliance’s SafeMode is a simplified management interface that enables you to:
•Make a backup copy of your current settings
•Reboot the security appliance with your current settings
•Reboot the security appliance with factory default settings
•Reboot the security appliance with settings from your backup
•Upgrade SonicOS Firmware
To reset the SonicWALL security appliance, perform the following steps:
1Connect your management station to a LAN port on the SonicWALL security appliance and configure you management station IP address to 192.168.168.20.
2Use a narrow, straight object, like a straightened paper clip or a toothpick, to press and hold the reset button on the back of the security appliance for five to ten seconds. The reset button is in a small hole next to the console port.or next to the power supply:
Reset button | Reset button | Reset button |
TZ 50, TZ 150 | TZ 170, TZ 170 SP | TZ 170 Wireless |
Reset button | Reset button |
PRO 1260 | PRO 2040, PRO 3060 |
SONICWALL SONICOS STANDARD 3.0 ADMINISTRATOR’S GUIDE | 321 |
