Pfsense on Firebox M570
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Good day folks,
I recently came across a Firebox M570 that was being decommissioned and picked it up for use with pfsense. I also picked up a low power Xeon E3-1240L V5 to reduce the power consumption as my demands on the box will be modest.
There is a discussion thread for Firebox M370 but I didn't want to hijack that thread since I would like to discuss swapping our the processor in addition to installing pfsense. I currently have PFsense running on an M400 off a SATA SSD, and expected to do the same with the M570 but it appears the M570 already has 16GB mSATA drive installed.
I would like to request folks who have successfully installed pfsense on an M570 to provide advise on the easiest way to install pfsense.
I will post pictures of the internals if anybody is interested.
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Hi,
Not sure if anybody has ever posted about the M570 before.What does it look like?
Can you get into the Bios?
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It is mentioned in the M370 thread that the known bios password works on the M570, so you can enable USB booting.
That gives you a choice of where to install Pfsense.
You should probably write the USB serial image to USB and then you can install to the internal storage if you want or you can use another SATA SSD.
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Yeah the M370 thread covers all those units (M370, 470, 570, 670). They are all the same internally. The M370 doesn't have the expansion slot. Importantly the M270 is completely different.
And, yes, you can simply enable USB boot, boot the memstick serial image and install the included mSATA.
Steve
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Thanks Gents, Having the bios password proved to be a game changer. My previous experience with a firebox M400 required opening the case to add an SSD with a working pfsense installation and flashing a Lanner unlocked bios.
By contrast, the M570 install was absolutely painless, and I was successfully able to install pfsense after booting from a USB flash drive. I did have to get into the bios to enable USB booting and modifying the boot drive priority. I was planning to swap out the processor for a low power Xeon but I'll let that project sit on the back burner for now.
Many Thanks!
