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UTM-1 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 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.
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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. |
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.
