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title: "Erase ANAP configuration"
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This document describes the process for deleting the current configuration of your ANAP. When completed, the ANAP is as close to the original factory settings as possible. This allows you to move the ANAP from one site to another without having to ship it back to Aryaka. In general, the procedure involves creating two empty configuration files, loading them onto a USB flash drive, and then copying them to the ANAP overwriting the current versions of the files. Note that these files use case-sensitive naming, have no contents, and have no extensions. Alternatively, you can request the files from  Aryaka Support . Prerequisites Before beginning the procedure, satisfy the following prerequisites: You must have an ANAP previously used at one of your sites. You must have a FAT32 formatted USB flash drive. You must have a Linux, Mac, or Windows computer. Create the empty configuration files The following procedure describes the creation of two empty configuration files: ASNKEY ASNKEY_ERASE To create and copy the empty files Do one of the following: Linux and Mac users—Create two files: ASNKEY and ASNKEY_ERASE. By default, files are created empty and with no extension. Windows users:  Open File Explorer, navigate to any folder Right-click on the empty space and select  New  >  Text Document .   Leave the file empty and save it as ASNKEY. Click the  View  tab in the File Explorer toolbar. The View options appear. Click the  File name extensions  checkbox. The new file now appears with the extension: ASNKEY.txt. Rename the file  without  the .txt extension: ASNKEY. Repeat step a through step f this time creating the ASNKEY_ERASE file. Copy the two files onto your USB flash drive. Erase the ANAP configuration The following procedure erases the current configuration of the ANAP by copying the contents of two empty files you created and copied to your USB flash drive in the previous section. To erase the ANAP configuration Ensure that the power at the ANAP is off. Insert the USB flash drive with the ASNKEY and ASNKEY_ERASE files into any USB slot on the ANAP. Turn on the power to the ANAP. The configuration erase process initiates automatically. The LCD screen displays the following messages: Note:  For most ANAPs, the process depicted in the images takes about five minutes. For ANAP 2000, the process can take 30 minutes or more. Do not remove power to the ANAP during this period. For ANAP 1500, which does not have an LCD screen, use the LED status codes described in the next section to follow the ANAP’s progress as it erases the configuration. Remove the USB flash drive when the LED blinks green once per second to signal that the configuration is erased. Switch the ANAP power off using the power switch. LED status codes All ANAPs, including those with an LCD screen, display LED status codes to specify the progress of the configuration erasure. This section describes how to follow along as the ANAP clears the configuration. We recommend reading 10 blinks to ensure that you observe the pattern to match against the following states: ANAP boots up: LED stays green for 10 seconds—ANAP is operational and currently includes a configuration file. LED blinks green—ANAP is operational but does not currently include a configuration file. LED blinks amber—Some ANAP operation failed. Contact Aryaka Support. USB drive with files is detected in the USB port—LED blinks five times green and then three times amber. ANAP reboots—LED turns off and then comes back on solid green. SSD erase starts—LED blinks five times green and then two times amber. Erase complete and successful—LED blinks green (ANAP is operational but does not currently include a configuration file). Erase failed or another error occurred—LED blinks amber. Contact Aryaka Support. In this topic Related topics Decommission guide