Watchguard Firebox XTM 8 Series

meph · Oct 24, 2017, 3:14 PM

Or the original firmware so i can get it to recovery mode?

DeLorean · Oct 26, 2017, 8:16 AM

Anybody have a backup of the watchguard OS available? I bought this watchguard off ebay and it had pfsense installed… i would like to restore it. any help would be appreciated.

You have got PM :)

Grtz
DeLorean

meph · Oct 26, 2017, 2:41 PM

@DeLorean:

@meph:

Anybody have a backup of the watchguard OS available? I bought this watchguard off ebay and it had pfsense installed… i would like to restore it. any help would be appreciated.

You have got PM :)

Grtz
DeLorean

Thanks… let me give it a try.

DeLorean · Nov 8, 2017, 12:57 AM

Did it work ?

Grtz
DeLorean

BrettMerrick · Nov 16, 2017, 9:28 PM

Hi,

Found this thread extremely helpful, thanks to all who have contributed!

I was able to install 2.4.1 on to the 1GB CF card by using the VGA hack and putting the installer image on a sata drive. I did have to plug the CF in shortly after boot though so it booted from the sata drive first…

I also had to manually partition the drive as it complained that it wasn't a full 1GB.

I found than once installed I could enable the serial console by modifying /boot/device.hints and switching the IRQ and Address for the uart:

hint.uart.0.at="isa"
hint.uart.0.port="0x2F8"
hint.uart.0.flags="0x10"
hint.uart.0.irq="3"
hint.uart.1.at="isa"
hint.uart.1.port="0x3F8"
hint.uart.1.irq="4"

I got the LCD working by simply installing the LCDproc package and configuring it for Parallel port 1 and Watchguard Firebox with SDEC. I made a few other setting changes to my preference, including setting the backlight to on, however it seems to switch off again after a short time.

Now I just need to sort the noise! - Anything I can help with mppkll?

DaveinTN · Dec 12, 2017, 8:38 PM

Any updates to the program to control the fans and LCD on the XTM 8 Series?

DaveinTN · Jan 3, 2018, 4:14 AM

I'm looking at selling this XTM 850 on eBay and need to know if there's a way to return the internal hard drive back to factory defaults?

I have the SD card back to factory and it boots to the OS, however during testing of pFsense I used the drive. Is there a way to return for use with the embedded OS before I sell it?

Thanks,

Scorch95 · Jan 3, 2018, 7:18 PM

If I’m not mistaken, which I often am, I do not believe these shipped with internal drives other than the CF.

DaveinTN · Jan 3, 2018, 8:59 PM

Mine had the 2GB CF card installed and a 250GB SATA hard drive mounted in a factory mount and connected.

Scorch95 · Jan 3, 2018, 11:54 PM

I stand corrected. Do you have a picture of the mount?

stephenw10 · Feb 16, 2018, 12:05 AM

@daveinfla:

Mine had the 2GB CF card installed and a 250GB SATA hard drive mounted in a factory mount and connected.

Ooo. Fancy. ;)

Probably for use as a cache. I'm not aware of any models based on the XTM8 like the old SSL models were. They came with a HD instead of CF.

Steve

stephenw10 · May 1, 2018, 11:23 AM

2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 
Found Firebox XTM8
WGXepc Version 1.3 5/3/2018 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (CPU fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -f2 (System fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
 -t (temperature) shows the current CPU temperature reported by the
    SuperIO chip. X-e box only.
Not all functions are supported by all models
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f
Found Firebox XTM8
Current CPU fanspeed is ???, minimum is 3f
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f 37
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 Fanctl set to sane defaults
Minimum CPU fanspeed set to 37
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f2
Found Firebox XTM8
Current System fanspeed is ???, minimum is 38
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green_flash_fast
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 GPIO pins configured
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green
Found Firebox XTM8

64bit binary. Source.

;)

Steve

pglover19 · Jun 7, 2018, 6:47 PM

@stephenw10:

2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 
Found Firebox XTM8
WGXepc Version 1.3 5/3/2018 stephenw10
WGXepc can accept two arguments:
 -f (CPU fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -f2 (System fan) will return the current and minimum fan speed or if followed
    by a number in hex, 00-FF, will set it.
 -l (led) will set the arm/disarm led state to the second argument:
    red, green, red_flash, green_flash, red_flash_fast, green_flash_fast, off
 -b (backlight) will set the lcd backlight to the second argument:
    on or off. Do not use with LCD driver.
 -t (temperature) shows the current CPU temperature reported by the
    SuperIO chip. X-e box only.
Not all functions are supported by all models
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f
Found Firebox XTM8
Current CPU fanspeed is ???, minimum is 3f
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f 37
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 Fanctl set to sane defaults
Minimum CPU fanspeed set to 37
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -f2
Found Firebox XTM8
Current System fanspeed is ???, minimum is 38
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green_flash_fast
Found Firebox XTM8
IT87 GPIO pins configured
[2.3.5-RELEASE][admin@xtm8.stevew.lan]/root: ./WGXepc64 -l green
Found Firebox XTM8

64bit binary. Source.

;)

Steve

Thank you..The program works on my WatchGuard XTM 810 appliance.

stephenw10 · May 26, 2018, 12:03 PM

Glad to hear it.

I recommend you do some sort of load test to make sure the fans are spinning up correctly and the peak temp values aren't too high.
The default settings are just way off so I made what I think are reasonable choices for the standard CPU.

Fan PWM values should be between 00 and 7f, 127 levels, but in reality 32 is stopped and 50 appears to be the maximum. I set both cpu and system fan minimum values to 38 but you can override that by setting a number.

The CPU fan should start to ramp up at 40C and the system fan at 35C. Both ramp up by one 'fan setting' per degree so should quite quickly start making noise with a load.

Steve

ojguerrier · Jun 7, 2018, 6:44 PM

@pglover19

Could you help me please , i have the same model.

Thanks you

ojguerrier · Jun 7, 2018, 6:47 PM

@pglover19

I have the same model ( XTM 810) , could you help me please ?

Thanks

stephenw10 · Jun 8, 2018, 1:05 PM

Help you do what?

What are you doing? What do you expect to happen? What's actually happening?

Steve

ojguerrier · Jun 8, 2018, 5:18 PM

Hello

I have a XTM 8 series, I would like install PFSense on it. Can you help me please.

Best regards

stephenw10 · Jun 9, 2018, 11:02 PM

Are you installing to a CF card or a SATA device? Do you have some means of writing to the CF or installing to the SATA device outside on the XTM8?

Steve

ojguerrier · Jun 12, 2018, 3:10 PM

@stephenw10

I have a CF 1Gb and an HDD 500Gb. What ISO PFsense to copy on the CF 1Gb ? And how to install PFsense on the HDD.

Thanks