Hey Bodhi,
The ix4 boxes I got were trash picked and did not come with an OS or hard drives. I did some research and the OS is actually on the hard drives of the unit, the flash only contains some kind of loader that loads the OS. This is probably why they were thrown away, since as soon as the hard disks fail the unit is no longer 'usable'. The firmware however seems available at https://lenovo-na-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22315/kw/2.1.38.22294. It might be possible to extract the required binaries from there.
The ix4 boxes I got were trash picked and did not come with an OS or hard drives. I did some research and the OS is actually on the hard drives of the unit, the flash only contains some kind of loader that loads the OS. This is probably why they were thrown away, since as soon as the hard disks fail the unit is no longer 'usable'. The firmware however seems available at https://lenovo-na-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22315/kw/2.1.38.22294. It might be possible to extract the required binaries from there.