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A FACTORY RESET ON A PALO ALTO NETWORKS DEVICE

You can reset your Palo Alto Firewall :

 

Steps

1) Connect the Console cable, which is provided by Palo Alto Networks, from the “Console” port to a computer, and use a terminal program (9600,8,n,1) to connect to the Palo Alto Networks device.

NOTE: A USB-to-serial port will have to be used if the computer does not have a 9-pin serial port.

2) Power on to reboot the device.

3) During the boot sequence, the screen should look like this:

Screenshot for Welcome to the PanOS Bootloader

1) Type maint to enter maintenance mode.

Screenshot of Entry in Bootloader

2) PAN-OS 7.1 NOTE: When performing this on PAN-OS 7.1, you will see a “CHOOSE PANOS” screen with the following options: PANOS (maint-other)PANOS (maint) or PANOS (sysroot0). Please choose PANOS (maint). Press enter to continue.

Screenshot of Choose PAN-OS with highlighted PANOS (maint)

 Once in maintenance mode, the following is displayed, please press enter to continue:

Screenshot of Welcome to the Maintenance Recovery Tool with Continue highlighted

4) Arrow down to Factory Reset and press Enter to display the menu:

Screenshot of Welcome to the Maintenance Recovery Tool with Factory Reset highlighted

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You will see the Image that will be used to perform the factory reset. Select Factory Reset and press Enter again:

Screenshot of Factory Reset page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) The unit will reboot when complete.

Please be aware that it may take several minutes before the autocommit to complete and low the admin/admin login to work properly.

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