User Manual Part 2

Using Rapid Deployment
Chapter 23: Maintenance 725
Using Rapid Deployment
Safe@Office appliances are shipped with a specific firmware and group of settings that
represent the appliance's default state. When installing a new appliance, you can configure
different settings and install new firmware versions as needed; however, this can be time-
consuming. Rapid deployment avoids this hassle, by allowing you to load the following
settings from a USB flash drive during product initialization:
• The primary firmware
• The backup firmware
• The configuration file
• The default configuration file
The default configuration file contains settings that represent the desired appliance
default state. The settings in the default configuration file become the appliance's new
default settings and are retained even after a reset to defaults operation.
Important: The default configuration file cannot be cleared by performing a Reset to
Defaults operation. It can only be cleared by loading an empty default configuration
file.
• The certificate
Rapid deployment can be used to configure several appliances in succession. If multiple
appliances share a group of settings, you can use rapid deployment to configure each
appliance with both the shared settings and the appliance-specific settings, all in one
action. For example, before shipping appliances to your company’s branch offices, you can
quickly configure all of the appliances with the corporate security policy and VPN settings,
as well as with branch-specific settings.