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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      As I say I don't have one to test but I assume the serial console is the port on the side which I expect to be mini-USB B but I can't see that closely in the pictures. Exactly like most of our own hardware is.

      Steve

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        ryno5514 @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 There is no console port on the unit, usb rj45 or anything, just USB marked ports, REJ45 and SFP.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          In the photo above there is a cable connected to a port on the side. That looks like it's the console. It might be an internal port with no hole in the case....

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            ryno5514 @stephenw10
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            @stephenw10 Good eye!!! the blue on the bottom right got me. I did not see the black one on the left, I see it on the MB also now.

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              ryno5514 @ryno5514
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              @ryno5514 Got it loaded.

              The unit has 6 ETH Ports and looks like the "LAN" ports are Intel pro100 each has its own mac. However, I cannot get any other ports but #4 to show

              Network interface mismatch -- Running interface assignment option.

              Valid interfaces are:

              igb0 f0:8e:dbXXXX (down) Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version

              Do VLANs need to be set up first?
              If VLANs will not be used, or only for optional interfaces, it is typical to
              say no here and use the webConfigurator to configure VLANs later, if required.

              Should VLANs be set up now [y|n]?

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                Yes, that's expected with the default igb driver. It fails to attach to three of the NICs there probably because it doesn't recognisce the connected PHY.

                Steve

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                • bubbadestroyB
                  bubbadestroy @ryno5514
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                  @ryno5514 This is from the official device manual, maybe something useful in there to help your PFSense on velocloud edge500 build.

                  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-SD-WAN/3.3/velocloud-admin-guide-33/GUID-325E1415-EF99-4B22-902F-DA64CD5D8473.html

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                    That is a link to 'Enable SR-IOV on KVM'. It seems completely unrelated.

                    I doubt they would ever put up an actual service manual.

                    Steve

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                      ryno5514 @stephenw10
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                      @stephenw10 I just loaded 2.5
                      freebsd-version
                      12.2-STABLE

                      Still has the same issue so going to tinker a little more

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                        ryno5514 @ryno5514
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                        @ryno5514 said in What is this board??? Help!:

                        @stephenw10 I just loaded 2.5
                        freebsd-version
                        12.2-STABLE

                        Still has the same issue so going to tinker a little more

                        Tried the following also
                        cat /boot/loader.conf
                        kern.cam.boot_delay=10000
                        kern.ipc.nmbclusters="1000000"
                        kern.ipc.nmbjumbop="524288"
                        kern.ipc.nmbjumbo9="524288"
                        boot_multicons="YES"
                        boot_serial="YES"
                        console="comconsole,vidconsole"
                        comconsole_speed="115200"
                        autoboot_delay="3"
                        hw.hn.vf_transparent="0"
                        hw.hn.use_if_start="1"
                        legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1
                        legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1
                        net.link.ifqmaxlen=2048
                        net.isr.defaultqlimit=2048
                        net.inet.tcp.soreceive_stream=1
                        net.inet.tcp.syncache.hashsize=1024
                        net.inet.tcp.syncache.bucketlimit=100
                        net.pf.source_nodes_hashsize=1048576

                        echo "dev.igb.0.enable_lro=0" >>/etc/sysctl.conf
                        echo "dev.igb.1.enable_lro=0" >>/etc/sysctl.conf
                        echo "dev.igb.2.enable_lro=0" >>/etc/sysctl.conf
                        echo "dev.igb.3.enable_lro=0" >>/etc/sysctl.conf

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                        • bubbadestroyB
                          bubbadestroy
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                          I purchased a mSATA-PCIe-Mini-VGA-Adapter-Cable..
                          Plugged it into the Msata port on the bottom of the device.. put a vga wire to screen plugged in router hit keyboard button f12, enter, f2, Q, F and escape i belive..

                          https://www.ebay.com/itm/IEI-Add-on-Video-Graphic-Card-IGCME-1300-R10-mSATA-PCIe-Mini-VGA-Adapter-Cable/353020687468

                          Ive gotten visual display to show bios options on monitor! I'll update any thing else. But yes, VGA from Msata is working on bottom pcie port.

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                            ryno5514 @bubbadestroy
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                            @bubbadestroy said in What is this board??? Help!:

                            Ive gotten visual display to show bios options on monitor! I'll update any thing else. But yes, VGA from Msata is working on bottom pcie port.

                            Thats a great find, I might pull the Wifi off and do that myself. I am going to put an LTE radio for the other slot but having video out would be nice.

                            Still trying to get this driver to work myself.

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                              Interesting. Are there any options for the NICs or switch?

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                                ryno5514 @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10

                                I think this is what you're asking

                                igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Network Driver> port 0xf0a0-0xf0bf mem 0xdfe60000-0xdfe7ffff,0xdff2c000-0xdff2ffff irq 20 at device 20.0 on pci0
                                igb0: Setup of Shared code failed, error -2
                                igb0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 6
                                device_attach: igb0 attach returned 6
                                igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Network Driver> port 0xf080-0xf09f mem 0xdfe40000-0xdfe5ffff,0xdff28000-0xdff2bfff irq 21 at device 20.1 on pci0
                                igb0: Setup of Shared code failed, error -2
                                igb0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 6
                                device_attach: igb0 attach returned 6
                                igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Network Driver> port 0xf060-0xf07f mem 0xdfe20000-0xdfe3ffff,0xdff24000-0xdff27fff irq 22 at device 20.2 on pci0
                                igb0: Setup of Shared code failed, error -2
                                igb0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 6
                                device_attach: igb0 attach returned 6
                                igb0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Network Driver> port 0xf040-0xf05f mem 0xdfe00000-0xdfe1ffff,0xdff20000-0xdff23fff irq 23 at device 20.3 on pci0
                                igb0: Using 1024 TX descriptors and 1024 RX descriptors
                                igb0: Using 2 RX queues 2 TX queues
                                igb0: Using MSI-X interrupts with 3 vectors
                                igb0: Ethernet address: f0:8e:db
                                igb0: netmap queues/slots: TX 2/1024, RX 2/1024

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                                • bubbadestroyB
                                  bubbadestroy @ryno5514
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                                  @ryno5514

                                  TLDR: C.E. USB bootable PFSense totally loads (in second USB port for me) and displays with that mpcie vga adapter plugged in to a vga monitor.

                                  That particular seller accepted an offer of
                                  ITEM PRICE:US $20.00

                                  Other things I wondered was maybe a displaylink, but for sure that mpcie card work ed out well. I ended up relocating the mpcie vga adapter card top of the box.. carved a portal for the wire to stick out of in the roof of chassis housing... then relocated the wifi card that is in the primary slot to the secondary slot on the bottom (above the ami flash memory) . It reaches just-so without rewiring or modding.

                                  So far, on the edge500 at least, it seems the AMI bios picks it up just fine when using a boot-able USB ISO image of any type (Linux 2.6 around about or above i assume)

                                  Whatever image that would have normally been natively boot-able on a machine for Intel atom c2000-3000 | AMI Bios compatible... seems to load with display adapter in either mpcie slot... however, I think having serial usb in has craused it to halt the boot order due to default bios settings.. I could use a hand optimizing the bios settings for atom.

                                  Photos to come sooner or later if interested.

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @ryno5514
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                                    @ryno5514 said in What is this board??? Help!:

                                    @stephenw10
                                    I think this is what you're asking

                                    I meant in the BIOS. We already know the igb driver will not attach to the NICs in the default setup but it might have something you could set there to change that.
                                    It probably won't though based on other devices users have looked at.

                                    Steve

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                                    • bubbadestroyB
                                      bubbadestroy @stephenw10
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                                      @stephenw10 I actually got a few other live distros to just boot right up so that was nice. That bios had many options. I'll post some photos soon and have a few noob questions myself about some of the many options in that bios..I think graphical freebsd ghost worked really well actually.

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                                      • bubbadestroyB
                                        bubbadestroy
                                        last edited by bubbadestroy

                                        Unsure if this will be useful for the topic, but I had tried building openwrt with this and its just taking forever, but does crossbuild for that velocloud edge500 and 520ac with a bit of fumbling :) Thank you for the advice of that route. Heres source I pulled from to build..

                                        https://bitbucket.org/velocloud/workspace/projects/PUB

                                        This other post had a few good tips for rebuilding system kernel for something like this box, and porting it to pfsense.. might be the long way or just not possible.. but in-case, here reference.

                                        https://hamy.io/post/0016/how-to-properly-remove-luci-from-openwrt/

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                                        • stephenw10S
                                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                          I can't access that. There is specific data about that board?

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