Long shot in the dark here. For reference I did figure out my prior issue I posted about in this forum (and forgot to update on, I apologize). Turned out to be some real odd router issues. Namely some security settings on the WAN configuration that were effecting LAN only communication somehow. Disabling a couple of them and my SSH connectivity is solid now. Not an ALARM issue thankfully.
But now I am digging more into this iConnect and wanting to turn it into a more robust NAS with our existing USB hard disks. Right now my boot device is a tiny microSD reader with a 2GB card in the usb port on the back and intending to use the front USB ports for hard disks/peripherals. What I want to know is if it is possible in U-Boot to tell it to only look at that rear port (or even any other identifier I can provider like VID/PID info for the card reader used) for booting into ALARM. Since I'd rather not have to manually unplug the drives every time I have to reboot or there is a random power blip causing it to reboot. This seems to be the case now where the front LED keeps blinking until I remove everything but the boot disk and it finally lets the system boot.
Appreciate the help! Thanks!