Factory reset

During normal circumstances, such as resetting a forgotten password or resolve problems caused by configuration, a system can be reset to the default configuration using the recovery program during boot. Old configuration revisions are preserved, in order for you to roll back to a previously working configuration.

Booting into the recovery partition

The recovery partition (also referred to as update and recovery firmware) can be accessed using a video or serial console. It is invoked during software update (non-interactively), but can also be used to perform a factory reset or reinstall a corrupted system partition.

This isn't necessary unless your system partition is corrupted, and needs to be overwritten.

1. Connect to the console (video or serial)
2. Reboot
3. Press "f" after a few seconds when Press `f` for update and recovery firmware is displayed

Factory reset

Unlike the other recovery methods, a factory reset will erase all configuration on the appliance, leaving only the default configuration.

1. Boot into the recovery partition
2. Type reset
3. Reboot