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Tiger Box Assembly Guide
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tiger Box Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Package Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Site Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Unpacking Tiger Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing Tiger Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing the Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing The Front Panel Bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting The Appliance to The Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Powering On The Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling Tiger Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hardware Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Monitoring the System Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Monitoring RAID Drives Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Monitoring Client Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Monitoring Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Post Installation Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing The Bezel and Cleaning the Filter . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing a Failed Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing a Failed Power Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Powering On The Appliance ..... . 15 Cabling Tiger Box ......15 Hardware Monitoring . - Page 2 TO THE TIGER TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS, AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, Tiger Technology reserves the right to revise and improve its products as it sees fit. SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its publication, and may not reflect the product at all times in the future.
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Page 3: Product Overview
• projectStore software for advanced project collaboration. Product Overview Tiger Box is a state of the art, high performance shared storage system that offers the simplicity of NAS and the performance characteristics of a true SAN. The compact rack-mountable 3U appliance combines a metadata controller and highly optimized... -
Page 4: Package Content
• 1 x system restore USB flash drive. • 1 x CD with instructions. • 1 x Tiger Box reset tool (used for pressing the shut down and reset buttons at the front of the appliance). It is advisable to use the power and reset buttons at the back of the Note: appliance (see “Powering On The Appliance”... - Page 5 Tiger Box reset tool or a similar tool. • USB 2.0 port - for firmware updates and system recovery Apart from the 16 drive bays for the drives comprising the shared storage, Tiger Box's Rear View front panel features the following elements: •...
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Page 6: Site Installation
• 1 x Ethernet port for safety net access to the appliance. • 1 x Ethernet port for public and Internet communication. Tiger Box supports the following types of cables for connection of client computers and/or switches: Clients via Fibre Channel — fibre optic cable with LC connectors for SFP+ transceivers. - Page 7 Site Installation: Unpacking Tiger Box Take out the foam case with the front panel bezel. Take out the foam case with the spare RAID drive (if your order includes one), the Tiger Box System Restore USB Flash Drive and the instructions CD.
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Page 8: Installing Tiger Box
Installing Tiger Box Before installing Tiger Box in a rack or on a table top, consider the limitations for maximum cable lengths, when deciding on the location of the appliance within your facility. Also check the appliance's technical characteristics to make sure that the... -
Page 9: Installing The Drives
Installing Tiger Box on a Table Top If you do not plan to install your Tiger Box in a rack, and you opt for tabletop installation, ensure that: • the surface is clean and in a safe location;... - Page 10 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Site Installation: Installing the Drives when inserting the drive carrier into the enclosure, by holding the appliance enclosure Press upwards the lever release button on the front of the drive carrier. with the other hand. To install the drives: Take out a drive carrier from its antistatic bag.
- Page 11 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Site Installation: Installing the Drives Find the label on the drive that specifies its corresponding drive bay. Slide the drive carrier into the corresponding slot until the lever makes contact with the enclosure.
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Page 12: Installing The Front Panel Bezel
Repeat the above steps for each drive in the kit. Installing The Front Panel Bezel Tiger Box is shipped with a bezel that should cover the front panel. The bezel features an advanced protection filter that prevents dust from accumulating in the RAID drives and the enclosure.It is advisable to clean the bezel filter every 3 months. -
Page 13: Connecting The Appliance To The Power
Connecting The Appliance to The Power Your Tiger Box is shipped to you with two power supply modules, installed in the rear of the appliance. These modules supply redundant power to Tiger Box - should a power supply module fail, you can replace it while the system is operating (see “Replacing a Failed Power Module”... - Page 14 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Site Installation: Connecting The Appliance to The Power To connect the appliance to the power supply: Connect the power cord to the power outlet. Plug the power cord in the power socket of the power supply module.
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Page 15: Powering On The Appliance
Press once the power button Tiger Box also allows you to team the ports of a single 1/10GbE NIC (the Ethernet Wait until the power status LED at the front becomes solid green. switch or the client computer NIC must support link aggregation). Besides allowing a... - Page 16 Public port to an Ethernet switch, to which to connect all SAN computers. For details about performing the initial setup of Tiger Box, refer to Tiger Box Administration Guide.
- Page 17 Plug one end of the network cable into one of the available network ports of the To connect a LAN computer via 10GbE port: appliance. Your Tiger Box shipment doesn't include copper and fibre optic cables. Note: As metadata overhead is kept to an absolute minimum, there's no need to...
- Page 18 If you opt for interconnection via switch, refer to your switch documentation Note: Note: for further setup instructions. for further setup instructions. To connect a LAN computer via 1GbE port: Your Tiger Box shipment doesn't include twisted pair cables. Note:...
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Page 19: Hardware Monitoring
Plug one end of the network cable provided in the shipment in the port with label Admin port. Monitoring the System Activity The LEDs on the front panel of Tiger Box allow you to monitor the system activity. You can monitor the system activity without removing the front panel bezel: Indicator... -
Page 20: Monitoring Raid Drives Activity
To diagnose RAID drive failure it is advisable to regularly check Important: the RAID status in the Storage page of Tiger Box’s web UI (see Tiger Box Administration Guide). Degraded RAID status indicates that a drive has failed and needs to be replaced with the spare drive, following the steps described in... -
Page 21: Monitoring Power Supply
Tiger Box Assembly Guide Post Installation Maintenance: Monitoring Power Supply Monitoring Power Supply 10 GbE Ports You can view the status of your connection through a 10GbE port using the LED You can monitor the activity of the power modules using their LED indicator: indicator above it. - Page 22 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Post Installation Maintenance: To remove the bezel: Gently pull away the bezel from the front panel of the appliance. Loosen the thumb screws on either side of the bezel. To clean the bezel filter: Remove the bezel (see steps on page 22).
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Page 23: Replacing A Failed Drive
Install the bezel (see steps on page 13). Replacing a Failed Drive You can replace a failed hard disk, while Tiger Box is operating and no data on the storage will be lost. If your order includes a spare drive, it is shipped to you pre- installed in a drive carrier and is ready to replace the one that has failed. -
Page 24: Replacing A Failed Power Module
RAID drive fails in the future. Replacing a Failed Power Module Your Tiger Box is shipped to you with two power supply modules, installed in the rear of the appliance. These modules supply redundant power to Tiger Box - should a... - Page 25 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Post Installation Maintenance: Replacing a Failed Power Module Unplug its power cable from the module's socket. While pressing the tab, pull the lever at a 90° angle and slide out the unit from the appliance. With the finger of one hand push the side tab of the power module to the right.
- Page 26 Tiger Box Assembly Guide Post Installation Maintenance: Replacing a Failed Power Module Slide in the new power module and hear the side tab click into the bay. Plug the power cable in the module's socket and power on the appliance.
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