Use the procedure in this section to wipe persistent media from the appliance.
To wipe persistent media:
Go to the Tools (displayed as Boot) menu as described in Accessing the Tools Menu .
Boot Menu --------------------------------------------------------------- 0: Reset admin Password 1: Wipe Appliance Media 2: Manufacture Appliance 3: Wipe Appliance Media and Manufacture Appliance 4: Return to Image Boot Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------
To only wipe the media, use the ^ and v keys to select 1: Wipe Appliance Media.
Caution
This option will leave the appliance unusable.
To both wipe the media and then manufacture the appliance, select 3: Wipe Appliance Media and Manufacture Appliance.
Press Enter.
Example
The following example from a Network Security appliance accesses the Tools menu, and then wipes the appliance media and manufactures the appliance. For brevity, some console output is omitted.
nx-03 (config) # reload
Configuration changed: save changes?
Configuration changes saved.
Rebooting...
...
boot:
Booting from local disk...
PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
Booting default image in 3 seconds.
...
This terminal is not active for input or output while booting.
Booting default image in 1 seconds.
Boot Menu
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0: wmps wMPS (wMPS) 8.0.0...
1: wmps wMPS (wMPS) 7.9.4...
2: Tools Menu
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Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected image or 'p' to enter a
password to unlock the next set of features.
Highlighted entry is 2:
Booting: 'Tools Menu'
Password: ********
.......
Boot Menu
---------------------------------------------------------------
0: Reset admin Password
1: Wipe Appliance Media
2: Manufacture Appliance
3: Wipe Appliance Media and Manufacture Appliance
4: Return to Image Boot Menu
---------------------------------------------------------------
Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
Press enter to boot the selected image or 'p' to enter a
password to unlock the next set of features.
Highlighted entry is 3:
Booting: 'Wipe Appliance Media and Manufacture Appliance'
...
Running /etc/init.d/rcS.d/S33diskwipe
- Preparing to run diskwipe...
*** WARNING: DO NOT POWER OFF! ***
== Detecting disks to wipe
== Wiping system disks
scrub: using NNSA NAP-14.1-C patterns
scrub: please verify that device size below is correct!
scrub: scrubbing /dev/sda 1919313510400 bytes (~1787GB)
scrub: random |.......|
.................. Note
The 'p' option cited in the console instructions is not available.