User's Manual

Device Management
Configuration Management
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Configuration Management
You can perform the following tasks to maintain the configurations:
• Save the current settings used on your security appliance. See Saving your
Current Configurations, page 294.
• Restore your settings from a saved configuration file. See Restoring your
Settings from a Saved Configuration File, page 295.
• Revert to the factory default settings. See Reverting to the Factory
Default Settings, page 296.
Saving your Current Configurations
You can save your current settings as a configuration file on the local PC or on a
USB device if applicable.
NOTE When saving the configurations to a file, the security license and self-certificates
will not be saved in the file.
STEP 1 Click Device Management -> Firmware and Configuration -> Configuration.
The Configuration window opens.
STEP 2 To save the current settings on your local PC, perform the following steps:
a. In Backup/Restore Settings area, click Backup after the Save A Copy of
Current Settings option. The Encryption window opens.
b. You can optionally encrypt the configurations for security purposes. If you do
not encrypt the configurations, click OK.
c. If you want to encrypt the configurations, check the Encrypt box and enter the
password in the Key field, and then click OK.
d. Locate where to save the configuration file, and then click Save.