StarTech.com ECS0016 User Manual

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System Management
This chapter describes how the Administrator can perform a range of 
general ECS0016 system administration and configuration tasks such as:
Applying Soft and Hard Resets to the gateway 
Reflashing the Firmware 
Configuring the Date, Time and NTP
System Administration and Reset
The Administrator can reboot or reset the gateway to default settings
A soft reset is effected by selecting 
Reboot in the System: Administra-
tion menu and clicking Apply.
The ECS0016 reboots with all settings (e.g. the assigned network IP ad-
dress) preserved. However this soft reset does disconnect all Users and 
ends any SSH sessions that had been established. 
A soft reset will also be affected when you switch OFF power from the 
ECS0016, and then switch the power back ON. However if you cycle the 
power and the unit is writing to flash you could corrupt or lose data, so the 
software reboot is the safer option.
A hard erase (hard reset) is effected by pushing the Erase button on the 
rear panel twice. (A ball point pen or bent paper clip is a suitable tool for 
performing this procedure. Do not use a graphite pencil). Depress the but-