There is an initialization issue in the bootloader for the ER-X causing all ports to act as a "switch" during a brief period of time when the router is booting up.
- EdgeRouter X acts as switch during boot — Original thread
- EdgeMAX EdgeRouter X/X-SFP bootloader update — Patch instructions
$ sudo md5sum /dev/mtdblock2
dbce6273c8740383f84040e33f7fffe7 /dev/mtdblock2
$ curl -#LO https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/edgemax/v1.8.0/update-boot.sh
######################################################################## 100.0%
$ sudo bash update-boot.sh
243+1 records in
243+1 records out
Done.
$ sudo md5sum /dev/mtdblock2
7580ebd7ce9303243292f586ab7c6daf /dev/mtdblock2