If you change the operational mode
on a VM-Series firewall deployed in the public cloud and you lose
your SSH connection to the MRT before you are able to
Reboot
,
you must wait 10-15 minutes for the mode change to complete, log
back into the MRT, and then reboot the firewall to complete the
operation. After resetting to FIPS-CC mode, on some virtual form
factors (Panorama or VM-Series) you can only log in using the SSH
key, and if you have not set up authentication using an SSH key,
you can no longer log in to the firewall on reboot.