Tiger Box 1U8 Assembly Guide
Product Overview: Product Overview
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Congratulations on your purchase of Tiger Box 1U8, the starter version of Tiger
Technology’s all-in-one shared storage appliance. This manual describes how to
install and connect Tiger Box 1U8 at your site - from unpacking the appliance to
powering on the system and setting it up.
Before proceeding, make sure that you have read carefully all instructions, paying
special attention to the following symbols used in this guide:
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IMPORTANT NOTE
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You can find the most up-to-date version of this manual at the following address:
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Product Overview
Tiger Box 1U8 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 1U appliance combines a metadata controller and highly optimized
RAID 5 storage, comprised of 8 enterprise-class drives (drive capacity depends on
specific configuration), which can be accessed by client computers via 8/16Gb Fibre
Channel, 10Gb Ethernet and/or 1Gb Ethernet.
The appliance is shipped fully configured to you. To deploy it you should simply:
1.
Rack-mount the appliance or install it on a table top (see “Install Tiger Box” on
page 8).
2.
Install the drive carriers in the enclosure (see “Installing the Drives” on page 9).
3.
Connect the appliance to the power source and turn it on (see “Connecting The
Appliance to The Power” on page 13).
4.
Connect client computers to the ports of the appliance - 8/16Gb FC,10GbE and/or
1GbE, depending on the model (see “Cabling Tiger Box” on page 15).
5.
Perform the initial setup of the appliance (see “Initial Setup of the Appliance” on
page 24).
Tiger Box 1U8 Features
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1U, 19'' rack-mount chassis with excellent anti-vibration mechanical design and
thermal solution.
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RAID 5 shared storage comprised of 8 hot-swappable drives (a failed RAID drive can
be replaced while the system is operating and no data on the volume will be lost).
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8/16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE and/or 1GbE ports for connecting client computers.
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Redundant power supply (a failed power module can be replaced while the system is
operating).
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6 x dual-rotor cooling fan modules.
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2 x internal 2.5" system drive (RAID 1).
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1 x SAS port for directly connecting Tiger Boxexpansion chassis.
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Tiger Store software for shared storage management and diagnostics.
