Mixtile Cluster Box Manual

Hardware Installation Guide
Thank you for purchasing Cluster Box. This guide is designed to guide you through installation.
Check the package and ensure that the following items are included.
If any item is missing or damaged, contact your sales representative for help:
Installation Steps
Install Mixtile Blade 3 boards
Package list
Preparations
A. Loosen the two captive screws on the motherboard tray with the
indication N1 by turning them counterclockwise. Then take out the
motherboard tray.
B. Use a Phillips screwdriver to loosen the four screws (two flat head
screws + two M3*3 round head screws) that secure the heatsink to
the motherboard tray. Push the heatsink outwards and remove the
heatsink from the motherboard tray.
C. Place the Blade 3 on the heatsink. Note that Blade 3's MIPI CSI
interface must face the heatsink's notch and their screw holes line up.
D. Attach Blade 3 to the heatsink. Install two M3*3 Phillips round head
machine screws to the holes far away from the heatsink’s notch.
E. Slide the combined unit into the motherboard tray. Reinstall the two
flat head screws to secure the heatsink on the motherboard tray, and
install two M3*5 Phillips round head machine screws to the screw
holes near the heatsink’s notch.
F. Place the assembled Blade 3 unit to the corresponding slot on Cluster
Box and secure the two captive screws by turning them clockwise.
G. Repeat steps (A) to (F) to install the other three Blade 3 boards in
Cluster Box.
Besides the packaged items, you also need to prepare the following
items for Cluster Box installation:
1x Cluster Box
4x Mixtile Blade 3 boards
(by default) 1x PC
1x Phillips
screwdriver
1x M.2 NVMe SSD
(Optional)
1x Ethernet cable
1x Power adapter
(19 V 4.74 A)
4x M2*5*5 Phillips pan head
machine screw with washer
8x M3*5 Phillips round head
machine screw
8x M3*3 Phillips round head
machine screw
1
C
D
E
M3*3
screw
M3*5
screw
M3*5
screw
Flat head
screw
Flat head
screw
M3*3
screw
F
A

Installation Steps
Connect power
Connect one end of the power adapter to the power port of Cluster Box and
the other end to a power source. You'll notice that the LED lights up blue,
indicating that Cluster Box is powered on. By default, the Blade 3 boards are
powered on sequentially.
2
Install SSDs (Optional)
A. Open the rear cover of Cluster Box.
B. Install the SSD into the NVMe M.2 slot using M2*5*5 Phillips pan head
machine screws with washers.
4
Connect to network
Connect the Ethernet cable to the RJ45 interface of Cluster Box.
3
Power
indicator
M2*5*5
screw
1. Via GUI:
a. Enter the IP address of Cluster Box in your browser.
b. On the login page, retain the username mixtile and enter password
mixtile. Then you are directed to the GUI of Cluster Box.
2.
Via SSH:
a. In the terminal, type ssh mixtile@Cluster Box IP address.
b. Type password mixtile and press Enter.
Follow-up Procedure
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