Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 4 (ER-4)

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Ubiquiti EdgeMAX EdgeRouter 4 (ER-4)
4-Port Router with SFP/RJ45 Ports (ER-RMKIT - Rack 19
Homepage Product page
Support Support page
Wikipedia Ubiquiti Networks
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 4 (ER-4)
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 4
Model Part Number ER-4
Type router
Series EdgeRouter
CPU1 checkY Cavium CN7130
CPU1 Type MIPS64
CPU1 Speed 1.0 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip SanDisk SDIN7DP2-4G
Flash1 Size 4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> "GiB" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Flash2 Chip Macronix MX25L6408EMI-12G
Flash2 Size 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br />
RAM1 Chip SK hynix H5TQ4G63CFR-RDC x 2
ETH chip1 Cavium CN7130
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count 3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

Ethernet OUI: FC:EC:DA (2 E, -)

Stock bootloader U-Boot 2013.07
Stock FW OS Linux 3.10.107 EdgeOS
Expansion IF types USB 3.0, SFP
USB ports 1
SFP ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 110-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.5 A
Connector type C13
Serial Port (UART) yes, console port (RJ45), 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port yes

Flags:
SFP port

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Other

Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1355 additional devices
of which 21 are Ubiquiti Networks devices
Default login user: ubnt
Default login password: ubnt
ubnt:ubnt credentials used by 29 additional devices
of which 29 are Ubiquiti Networks devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $180
ASIN B078PGCGN2
Country of manuf China
 CPU1 brandFLA1RAM1
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter (ER-8)Cavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />2,048 MiB2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br />2 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 10X (ER-10X)MediaTek2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br />512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 12 (ER-12)Cavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />1,024 MiB1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br />1 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 4 (ER-4)Cavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />1,024 MiB1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br />1 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter 6P (ER-6P)Cavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />1,024 MiB1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br />1 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Infinity (ER-8-XG)Cavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />16,384 MiB17,179,869,184 B <br />134,217,728 Kib <br />16,777,216 KiB <br />131,072 Mib <br />16 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter LITECavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter POECavium8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter PROCavium4,096 MiB4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br />4 GiB <br />2,048 MiB2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br />2 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X (ER-X)MediaTek256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter X SFP (ER-X-SFP)MediaTek256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />

For a list of all currently documented Cavium (Star) SoC's with specifications, see Cavium.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented Ubiquiti Networks devices with specifications, see Ubiquiti Networks.

Overview

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Datasheet

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: octeon
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips64_mips64r2
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
LAN Comment: 1 x 1000 Mbps SFP port
WLAN Comment: No WLAN
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery Comment:
U-Boot is always accessable via console port
git • >>
octeon: add support for Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 4
Ubiquiti EdgeRouter 4 is 4 port Octeon Cavium 7130 powered router.
It has internal power supply and needs c13 power cord.
There are three 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45/Copper ports and
one 1000 Mbps SFP port connected directly to a SoC.

SoC:
  Octeon Cavium 7130 (Cavium 3)
  Clocked at 1000Mhz

Memory:
  1 GiB (SK hynix H5TQ4G63CFR-RDC × 2)
  DDR3, clocked at 533 Mhz (1066Mhz effective)
Flash:
  - mtd:
    8 MiB (Macronix MX25L6408EMI-12G)
    used for uboot/eeprom
  - emmc:
    4 GiB (SanDisk SDIN7DP2-4G)
    used for kernel+rootfs
Leds: 1x for power status (white/blue, controllable)
  and 4x for ethernet and sfp ports (no control over them)
Buttons: 1x Reset (from SOC)
Serial: 1x RJ45 port on front panel. 115200 baud, 8N1 (from SoC)
USB: 1x USB3.0 on front panel (from SoC)
MII: 1x QSGMII from SoC is used
PHY: 1x Vitesse VSC8504 of which 4x ports is used

All physical port numbers are properly mapped inside OS and
named by lanX instead of ethX.

There is also special purpose four(4) loopX ports available.
That loopX ports are currently hardcoded by linux kernel
and exact use case of them is currently unknown. We leave them
to the linux kernel and octeon board defaults.

All four (4) physical ports are connected to the same QSGMII.
vsc8504 is used for phys and only 4, 5, 6 and 7 phys are used.

Phy mapping:
 - Phy5 is connected to physical eth0 port
 - Phy6 is connected to physical eth1 port
 - Phy7 is connected to physical eth2 port
 - Phy4 is connected to physical eth3 port

Why this device needs external dts:
 - faster boot time since need to initialize less device tree nodes.
 - to add actual indication with LED about boot/failure/upgrade.
   i.e. user could know when to enter failsafe mode or if upgrade is done
 - reset button support so user can reset their device in case off failure
 - sfp port indication in dmesg with information about sfp module
   it also indicates when module inserted or removed

Octeon quirks:
 - There is no port status available before it interface brought up
 - SFP port can not be tied to actual phy due to octeon-ethernet state
   and currently we can only get reports a about SFP state in dmesg

How to flash the firmware:
  - copy openwrt-octeon-ubnt_edgerouter-4-initramfs-kernel.bin and
    openwrt-octeon-ubnt_edgerouter-4-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar to
    USB flash drive that is formatted to vfat/fat32
  - connect USB flash drive to edgerouter 4 front USB port
  - connect serial cable using front RJ45 port (115200 baud, 8N1)
  - connect power to cable to edgerouter 4
  - connect terminal to the console to see uboot boot process
  - interrupt boot by pressing button(s) on your keyboard to log in to the uboot
  - detect usb connected flash drives by typing to the console:
    usb start
  - after drive is detected load initramfs+kernel to the memory by typing:
    fatload usb 0:1 0x20000000 openwrt-octeon-ubnt_edgerouter-4-initramfs-kernel.bin
  - after initramfs+kernel is loaded to the memory load it by typing:
    bootoctlinux 0 numcores=4 endbootargs mem=0
  - boot process should finish and you will be greeted with console after pressing enter
  - create directory to mount usb flash drive to by typing:
    mkdir /tmp/sda
  - mount flash drive to that directory by typing:
    mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/sda
  - flash firmware to router internal storage by typing:
    sysupgrade /tmp/sda/openwrt-octeon-ubnt_edgerouter-4-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar
  - device will reboot and after it gets up you will have edgerouter 4 running openwrt

Reviewed-by: Johannes Kimmel
Tested-by: Johannes Kimmel
Signed-off-by: Roman Kuzmitskii

See also

Ubiquiti Networks EdgeRouter Series