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 --------------------------------------------------------------- 0: wmps wMPS (wMPS) 8.0.0... 1: wmps wMPS (wMPS) 7.9.4... 2: Tools 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 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.