Awesome! Thank you for further comments.
To alleviate any USB related issues, I just bought a fresh USB3.1 Gen 2 1m data cable from reputable manufacturer and I will use it on the motherboard USB3 port (not hub).
Also, I dug into the Web Installer a little bit and am reporting that Javascript Developer Console does show which steps (which appear to be CLI equivalents) are being ran.
So far so good, now I need my CMF1 to arrive 
