For those interested for the one I was able to get into, it is running NFVIS Version: 4.1.1-FC1 which is from March 2020:
I can help you get into it if you want, PM me if you want me to show you. I'm on Telegram and Discord, either works for me.the drive in mine is an micron 5100 max 250GB SED m2 sata . There is a recovery built into the cent os boot, but its also password protected. I know you can wipe and load esxi but would rather use NFVIS
I bought a total of 6 Cisco ENCS from the ebay seller. Some of them are really quiet and can be kept in a office no problem, and some of them have fan whine like the fan(s) are dying. All expected since it is used hardware. Of the total, 5 of them are V03, and 1 is V02. The V02 is the quietest, but the latest mfg date V03 was the second quietest (maybe different mfg fans? - didn't check yet).I measured 43db about three feet away. The fan pitch on mine is fairly pleasant but I'd agree it's a bit loud for an office unless you are looking for a white noise generator.
Thanks I got it, had to reset CIMC to defaults before I was able to get in.I used the Cisco customized image, mounted the ISO through CIMC and booted it with f6
How I reset mine was a little different:Found a way to go to recovery mode if cimc has locked you out, and you cant get in with default credentials. hook a console cable to the cimc port on the front, and load your terminal program, when it prompts, press *** press enter, type in boot current recovery . press enter
it will need a password and user , the user is admin .the password is password. iv tried it on all the boxes i bought and it works great
at the recovery shell prompt,
recovery-shell# interface dedicated "ip address" "subnet mask" "gateway"
recovery-shell# update "ip address here" CIMC_3.2.9.bin
downloading firmware image "CIMC_3.2.9.bin" from " ip address "
download firmware image done,
recovery-shell# reboot
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Is this the weird Marvell "be00" pcie device?I am working on a simple ISO that can bootstrap the switch module, but in the meantime you can run NFVIS in a VM and pass through the “Marvell Ethernet Controller” should be PCI device 0e but I have seen it show up as 0b after messing around with various settings in the BIOS.
That's the one! Here's the lcpci output from ESXi 8 for the device. This device is only needed to bootstrap the switch module, once the switch module comes up you'll see link come up on both ports on the XL710Is this the weird Marvell "be00" pcie device?
0000:0e:00.0 Network controller Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device be00
Class 0200: 11ab:be00