Setting, Viewing, or Deleting the Rescue Configuration

If someone inadvertently commits a configuration that denies management access to a Services Router, you can delete the invalid configuration and replace it with a rescue configuration by pressing the CONFIG or RESET CONFIG button on the router. You must have previously set the rescue configuration through the J-Web interface or the CLI. The rescue configuration is a previously committed, valid configuration.

Caution: Pressing and holding the CONFIG or RESET CONFIG button for 15 seconds or more—until the configuration LED blinks red—deletes all configurations on the router, including the backup configurations and rescue configuration, and loads and commits the factory configuration.

You can change the default behavior of the CONFIG RESET CONFIG button. For more information, see Disabling the CONFIG or RESET CONFIG Button.

To view, set, or delete the rescue configuration, select Configuration>Rescue. On the Rescue page, you can perform the following tasks:

• View the current rescue configuration—Click View rescue configuration.
• Set the current running configuration as the rescue configuration—Click Set rescue configuration.
• Delete the current rescue configuration—Click Delete rescue configuration.