What is this board??? Help!

[YourAverageHomelabber]

Out of curiosity, how did you flash the rom? Did you do it using a physical flashing device, or is it a software option somewhere on the velocloud?

[castarnet]

@youraveragehomelabber You can try it but ethernet will be not working correctly.
First find micro usb port in the device(it may be hidden in the plastic. It's serial to USB port)
then Flash No-Watchdog bootloader by serial console(username is root and password is VeloHello[last 3 digits of S/N], and You can download bootloader on https://bitbucket.org/velocloud/openwrt/src/master/trunk/target/linux/x64/edge5x0/files/root/firmware/5×0/vc5x0-cb-01-bootorder.rom and you can flash it using flashrom)
and write usb that installs pfsense or opnsense IN SERIAL VERSION in any tool you want.
reboot your pc(NOT velocloud, your x86 pc) and go to install media, then enter to shell and type like this

umount /boot
mount -o rw /

then edit /boot/loader.conf.local (create this if not exists)
add this lines

hint.uart.0.flags=0x0
hint.uart.1.flags=0x10
comconsole_speed="115200"
comconsole_port="0x2F8"
console="comconsole"
kern.cam.boot_delay="10000"

Turn off your pc, and plug that usb to your velocloud will start installation on serial.
I installed it on other USB, not in velocloud storage. It installs correctly then boots(If you see no output on serial, reboot to installation usb, mount installed storage, then edit conf again ON INSTALLED STORAGE), but It unable to detect ANY ethernet device, only two fiber ports.

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@castarnet thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I wiped the internal storage by mistake while installing the openwrt image shared earlier in this thread. Is the flashrom stuff included in the openwrt image that we’ve been using, or is it only in the stock firmware? Do you have a way to flash the stock firmware back on here? I’m not super knowledgeable with compiling firmware so any help is greatly appreciated.

[castarnet]

@youraveragehomelabber Flashrom is common so maybe you can use it.

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@castarnet said in What is this board??? Help!:

https://bitbucket.org/velocloud/openwrt/src/master/trunk/target/linux/x64/edge5x0/files/root/firmware/5×0/vc5x0-cb-01-bootorder.rom

I can't seem to view anything in here. It says "we can't let you view this page" I've tried two accounts and no luck.

[castarnet]

@youraveragehomelabber Oh snap.... They locked bitbucket to private. I'll send you rom file when I'm in home, but development about velocloud seems cannot be continued without that repo.

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber
hello i was in the same situation as you and i could fix the problem. You don't need to flash that rom, only the usb image from @kristian is necessary.
Look here : https://forum.openwrt.org/t/trying-to-install-openwrt-on-a-velocloud-520-ac/127930/43?u=shdf

once you booted on this image, at the end, you just have to fire the command :
./installer -d sdb -p
as /dev/sda will be your usb key, and /dev/sdb the velocloud storage.

[castarnet]

@shdf partially right, if you use to use OpenWrt, but it does not works on pfsense...

[shdf]

@castarnet said in What is this board??? Help!:

@shdf partially right, if you use to use OpenWrt, but it does not works on pfsense...

in fact it's mainly to be able to boot on something, because he had, like me, erased the storage of the velocloud. in this situation you're in a boot loop and can't do anything.

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@shdf I’ve been running the kristian image on it for a little while now. I’m mainly interested in either running pfsense or a new build of openwrt. The kristian image is based on openwrt 14 I believe. I would assume it would be possible to install openwrt 22 on here and copy over the configuration files and drivers. I think if we installed a new fresh build of openwrt, the watchdog would be an issue unless we installed the older rom that doesn’t include watchdog.

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber
hoo sorry, i thought you were stuck like me in a boot loop with no way to access the shell.
Well, like you i hope someone will find a way to install a recent openwrt release for this device !
The main problem now is that the bitbucket is no more public...

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber
the rom file you're looking at, isn't it the one in kristian's usb image ?

vc5x0-cb-01-bootorder.zip

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@shdf Wow what a score! I didn’t know it was in the usb drive, I’ll install this when I get home and update with my progress. Hopefully this will remove the watchdog from this thing.

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber

Sage_coreboot-4.0-VELOCLOUD-EDGE-01.00.00.00 Wed Jul 29 11:06:08 EDT 2015 starting...
Mainboard: Mohon Peak Version 2.0
Build: SageBios_Mohon_Peak - 292

i hope it's the good one

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@shdf during the boot process does it mention watchdog at all?

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber
i didn't flash this rom, so i can't say.
i'm still with :

Sage_coreboot-4.0-VELOCLOUD-EDGE-01.00.00.05 Fri Apr 27 14:21:51 PDT 2018 starting...

and of course there is the watchdog in the 2018 version.

[YourAverageHomelabber]

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[YourAverageHomelabber]

@shdf Don't flash this rom if you haven't already. It appears to have broken my network interfaces in openwrt. I've tried wiping the install and resetting the config. It appears that the kristian openwrt build is recognizing my device as an Edge 510 instead of the Edge 5x0/520. Could you make a backup of your current rom and send it to me? I'll try flashing it to see if it fixes the interface problem.

[shdf]

@youraveragehomelabber
in the firmware folder there are 2 folders, one for the 510 and one for 5x0, are you sure you flashed the correct one (5x0)?

Everything is well explained in the readme.boot-flash.txt file in the root folder

From my point of view you, if you flashed the correct file, then you forgot the latest command after flashing.

./dmi-tool -w -p EDGE520 -v 1

ok, so anyway i extracted my firmware with the command :

flashrom -r /root/velocloud-520ac-01.00.00.05.rom -p internal

Here is the file below :
velocloud-520ac-01.00.00.05.zip

[YourAverageHomelabber]

@shdf yeah, I used the readme and everything. I also made sure to set the serial numbers and stuff. Openwrt seems to not be detecting any mac addresses for my hardware and even when I put in the correct ones manually, the nics don’t do anything. It appears that this rom isn’t communicating with the nics or the LEDs on this board either. The cloud led on the front stays white even while booted into openwrt (it didn’t before) and the two wan Ethernet LEDs stay lit even when there’s no traffic and none of the other ports light up or anything, even when a device is plugged in.

Thanks for sending your firmware, I’ll try flashing it and seeing if it fixes the problem.