Administrators can access system utilities in the boot menu during the NGFW booting process. To access this menu, connect a monitor to a VGA (HDMI) port and a keyboard to a USB port (if these ports exist on the device) or use a special serial cable or a USB-Serial adapter to connect your computer to NGFW. Launch a terminal that supports connecting via a serial port, e.g. Putty for Windows. Establish a serial port connection using 115200 8n1 as the connection parameters.
During the boot process, the administrator can select from the following boot menu options:
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Name |
Description |
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UGOS NGFW |
Boot NGFW and output diagnostic information about the boot process to the serial port. |
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UGOS NGFW (failsafe) |
Boot NGFW in simplified video mode. |
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Support menu |
Enter the system utilities section and send output to tty1 (the monitor). |
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Restore previous version |
This section is available after updating or creating a system backup. |
The system utilities (Support menu) section offers the following actions:
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Name |
Description |
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Check filesystems |
Start a file system check on the device with automatic error correction. |
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Expand data partition |
Expand the data partition. This operation is usually carried out after increasing the amount of disk space allocated by the hypervisor to the NGFW VM. Important! To expand the system partition while preserving NGFW data and settings you need to add a new disk using the hypervisor and then perform the Expand data partition operation, as described in the Extending the system partition section of the Administrator guide. |
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Create backup |
Create a full backup of the NGFW disk on an external USB medium. All existing data on the external medium will be deleted. |
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Restore from backup |
Restore NGFW from an external USB drive. |
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Factory reset |
Reset NGFW to its original system state. All data and settings will be lost. |
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Exit |
Log out and reboot the device. |