topic Re: Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu in Firewall and Security Management

Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu

danog — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:41:43 GMT

Hi. I'll be remotely helping a colleague reset the admin password on our new (configured but not racked) 5200 gateway using a CentOS 7 Live USB. I've never done this before so I want to confirm which button needs to be pressed to get it to boot from USB. I believe the tab button needs to be pressed for this. Would be great to get this confirmed. Thanks.

Re: Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu

MartinTzvetanov — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:41:04 GMT

has this GW SIC to MNG? If it is - you can change it via cprid_util. If not - it's a bit complicated but not impossible. Check this thread https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Management-Topics/Forgot-admin-password-in-CLI/td-p/56792

Re: Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu

danog — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 11:40:16 GMT

Hi Martin,

Thanks for the reply. We've been looking at sk163461 as the GW hasn't yet been hooked up to the MGMT server.

Re: Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu

PhoneBoy — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 02:45:43 GMT

Generally, it’s sufficient to power on the appliance with the USB inserted.
You can monitor the reimaging via the serial console,

Re: Getting Into the 5200 Boot Menu

danog — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 12:14:52 GMT

Thanks, PhoneBoy.