Cisco PIX 506, Quick Start Manual

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Follow these steps to use an activation key:

Step 1

Ensure that the image in Flash memory and the Running Image are the same.

Step 2

From the CLI, enter the 

activation-key

activation-key-four-tuple

 command, replacing 

activation-key-four-tuple 

with the activation key obtained from Cisco.

Note

Make sure that you are in config mode to enter a new activation key.

Step 3

Reboot the PIX Firewall by powering it off and then on again.

After the key update is complete, the system reloads again to update the running image.

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Restore the Default Configuration

Caution

Entering the 

config factory-default 

command

erases the current running configuration.

If you inadvertently erase the default configuration or need to restore the default configuration, you 
can restore the factory default values in one of the following ways:

•

Run the Startup Wizard and click 

Reset PIX to Factory Default Configuration

 from the Starting 

Configuration page. 

•

Use PDM and click 

File>Reset PIX to Factory Default Configuration

.

•

Use PDM or a terminal emulation program and enter the following commands:

Command

Description

Step 1

config factory-default [<inside ip 
address> [address mask]] 

1

1.

If the optional inside IP address and optional address mask are specified, the factory-default configuration 
will reflect the specified IP address.

Erases the running configuration and replaces it with 
the factory default configuration.

Step 2

write memory

Writes the factory default configuration to Flash 
memory.