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Plug the RJ45 end into the the Console port on the appliance
Plug the USB end into a laptop or desktop computer
If your computer does not have the software drivers installed for the usb-to-serial cable please visit the following page:
-> Appliance USB to Serial Cable
-> you must have the drivers installed otherwise your computer will not be able to communicate with the appliance through the console cable.
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This is required for the following steps. If you cannot locate the USB recovery key, you can quickly create one yourself using your own USB key and by following the instructions on this wiki
Plug the USB Recovery Key into any of the USB ports located on the front of the appliance.
Turn your PBX on and immediately press the DEL (Delete) key on your computer's keyboard as soon as you see the following screen.
This will log you into the BOOT menu, as seen below:
Using the arrow keys on your keyboard navigate to the BOOT menu item, as seen below:
Within the Boot menu screen you will be able to see the boot order. In the example screenshot below, we can see when the PBX starts up, it will first try to boot from the INTEL SSD Harddrive, since it is Boot Option #1.
The Boot order needs to be changed so that the PBX tries to boot from USB Recovery Stick
Navigate down the list to USB Device BBS Priorities, and press <enter>, as seen below:
As seen in the below image, the AMI Virtual CDROM is in Boot Option #1:
This must be changed to have the USB Restore Key in Boot Option #1. Press the <enter> key and select 1100 from the list that appears. (1100 is the USB Restore Key):
Your screen should now look similar to the image below, with 1100 in Boot Option #1:
Press the ESC (Escape) key on your keyboard to move back to the previous window
Press F10 on your keyboard to save and confirm your changes, which will reboot the PBX.
As the appliance reboots it will boot from the USB recovery key and prompt you for PBX installation.
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