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Sophos UTM9 install on machine with only DVI-D/HDMI connection

I would like to know if Sophos UTM9 will get an update whereby someone who has a motherboard with onboard DVI-D/HDMI connections only (no VGA on board nor a video card with VGA available) will be able to complete an install.

I have read the various posts about how to get installations to work, but they are beyond my technical expertise. I am using a Z170 motherboard that has one ethernet connection that isnt recognized during installation (Killer 2400). If I use the only PCIe slot for a Intel 1000PT dualport card, I am forced to use on-board video. When installation goes it gets stuck at 66%.

Thank you.

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0 Jeff Siegel over 7 years ago

Anyone?
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0 BAlfson over 7 years ago in reply to Jeff Siegel

Use a serial connection at 38400 baud as TimBenkert suggests. There are also some threads here that describe how to do a blind install.

Cheers - Bob

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0 CS over 7 years ago

Hi Jeff,

My suggestions:

Put the disk in a PC with standard vga, do the install and then put it back. Maybe you have to try wich interface is eth0 but it worked for me several times.

Good luck!

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0 Jeff Siegel over 7 years ago in reply to CS

CS-

Thanks for the tip. If I do it on a machine that is a dual core and then put the HDD in a machine that is a quad core--will that make a difference?

Thanks,

Jeff
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0 CS over 7 years ago in reply to Jeff Siegel

No. It doesnt matter.

Only if you choose the 64bit version then booth system should support 64bit.

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0 Jeff Siegel over 7 years ago in reply to CS

ok, I did that. I installed Sophos on the following hardware using 64bit installation:

Asus H97i-plus mobo

16GB Ram

Intel I3-4130 CPU

Intel Dual port 1000PT Server card

Kingston 120GB HDD

Installation went fine and I assigned the LAN IP of 192.168.1.13 (Web interface is Https://192.168.1.13:4444)

Powered it down, put SSD in the hardware I want to use it on:

Gigabyte GA-Z170N Mobo

16GB Ram

Intel I7-6700K

Intel Dual port 1000PT Server card

It boots up, but then I noticed the NICs are not initalizing. No lights or anything. The admin interface that shows on the screen is https://0.0.0.0:4444

I cant logon now even when sitting at machine. Help, please?
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0 BAlfson over 7 years ago in reply to Jeff Siegel

Jeff, the UTM is not plug-n-play. The install wizard only loads the drivers for devices it sees. Maybe the 1000PT cards are not identical or the one in the i7 Mobo is dead. Have you tried swapping them?

Cheers - Bob

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0 Jeff Siegel over 7 years ago in reply to BAlfson

The one used for the install is identical to the one used on the I7 mobo because I moved it to the I7 mobo. The one on the I7 mobo is a 'killer NIC' that is not recognized.
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0 CS over 7 years ago in reply to Jeff Siegel

Hi Jeff,

I think, the nic order or the nic driver are the problem.

Here are some helpful commands to view and change the nic config from the commandline.

http://www.greenvalleyconsulting.org/?s=utm

Look for "changing nic order".

There are also some cool documents how to use the commandline config "cc" to change the nic configuration without network access.

Good Luck!

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0 Jeff Siegel over 7 years ago in reply to CS

So i was able to get in via command line, logged on as 'root', and was able to see the network cards. I changed the status to "1' which enables them, but the cards never seem to power up. What did I miss?
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