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Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Site Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Post Installation Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Initial Setup of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Product Overview ..... . 3 Site Installation ......5 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.
  • Page 3: Product Overview

    Product Overview Tiger Serve 1U is a state of the art, ready-to-deploy shared storage manager. Once connected to the shared storage via Fibre Channel, the compact rack-mountable appliance acts as a metadata controller to the shared storage volumes and lets SAN...
  • Page 4 • 1 x CD with instructions. Important: If any of the components listed above is missing from your Tiger Serve's front features the front panel bezel flanges and the controls of the shipment, please contact your reseller or Tiger Technology support appliance: immediately.
  • Page 5: Site Installation

    Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Site Installation Rear View Clients via 1GbE — patch cable with RJ-45 modular connectors. Site Installation Unpacking Tiger Serve Important: Do not throw away any of the packaging components, until you ensure that the appliance works properly and there is no need to return any part.
  • Page 6 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Unpacking Tiger Serve Take out the cases with the rack rails kit and the cables. Take out the foam case with the appliance, holding it at each side and place it on a surface, ensuring that the system remains stable.
  • Page 7 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Installing Tiger Serve Holding the appliance one by one remove the protectors at each side. If you are installing Tiger Serve in a rack, follow the instructions supplied in the rack- mount rails kit to install the appliance.
  • Page 8 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Installing The Front Panel Bezel To install the bezel: Using your index finger, push inward the release latch at each side of the bezel and slightly push the bezel to the front panel until you hear a clicking sound.
  • Page 9 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Connecting Connecting The Appliance to The Power Powering On The Appliance Your Tiger Serve is shipped with two power supply modules, installed in the rear of the appliance. These modules supply redundant power to Tiger Serve - should a power supply module fail, you can replace it while the system is operating (see “Replacing a...
  • Page 10 Important: If you want to connect the appliance through the Fibre Channel ports To connect Tiger Serve to the shared storage via FC: using multipathing, prior to connecting it, contact Tiger Technology support for Remove the protective black cap from the Fibre Channel port.
  • Page 11 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Cabling Tiger Serve 1U Plug one end of the fiber-optic cable into the SFP socket of the FC port. Remove the protective black cap from the 10GbE port. Do one of the following: If your fiber-optic cable has protective caps, remove them.
  • Page 12 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Site Installation: Cabling Tiger Serve 1U Plug one end of the cable into the 10GbE port of the appliance. Plug one end of the network cable into the Public port of the appliance. Do one of the following: Plug other end of the network cable in the port of the Ethernet switch that interconnects computers on the network.
  • Page 13: Hardware Monitoring

    Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Hardware Monitoring: Hardware Monitoring Hardware Monitoring fan failure LED blinking error or fan failure Audible Alarm The appliance sounds an audible alarm (beeping), in case of a power supply error - a power module has failed or is not present. To confirm the problem, check the power status LED on the front panel bezel (see “Monitoring the System Status”...
  • Page 14: Post Installation Maintenance

    (right indicator) No link is established. Your Tiger Serve 1U is shipped to you with two power supply modules, installed in the rear of the appliance. These modules supply redundant power to Tiger Serve - should a power supply module fail, you can replace it while the system is operating. You can replace a failed power module only with a power module of the same model.
  • Page 15 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Post Installation Maintenance: Unplug its power cable from the module's socket. Holding the lever of the power module with your index finger, push the side tab to the right and slide out the unit from the appliance.
  • Page 16: System Restore

    Important: All your settings (IP addresses, defragmentation preferences, password for the web interface, etc.) will be lost after restoring the system to the default factory settings. Follow the instructions below or contact Tiger Technology support for assistance at: support@tiger-technology.com To perform system restore: Shut down the appliance.
  • Page 17: Initial Setup Of The Appliance

    Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the Wait several minutes until the appliance shuts down again and then press the To access the web interface of the appliance for the first time, your computer should power button to start it.
  • Page 18 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the Press Enter. Connect the computer to the Admin port of the appliance. The web interface of Tiger Store loads. In a web browser, type the preset IP address of the appliance for the Admin port: 1.21.32.1...
  • Page 19 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the communicate with the appliance through this port. For more information, refer to • Select Use as a team, and then click Apply. “Configure the IP Addresses of the Appliance” on page 19.
  • Page 20 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the You must set an IP address for each network port through which the appliance is In the tile of the respective port or team, enter the IP address and subnet mask.
  • Page 21 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the In the left pane of the web interface, click System and then Settings. To specify the time and date settings of the appliance: In the left pane of the web interface, click System and then Settings.
  • Page 22 Tiger Serve 1U Assembly Guide Initial Setup of the To set domain environment for Tiger Serve: To set workgroup environment for Tiger Serve: In the left pane of the web interface, click System and then Settings. In the left pane of the web interface, click System and then Settings.