SOLVED! Low and Behold I got to the Web GUI after disconnecting all the ports except #1 of the embedded NIC which turner out to be bge-9. Luckily I maintain a network device MAC roster which I was able to identify which bge to focus on, reconfigured the network interface, and turned off the DCHP. The network interface IP address popped up under the console menu and when I entered the address into the browser, the FreeNAS GUI popped up.