SBOX A240 User manual

Quick Start Guide
SBOX Version 2.0 | Hardware Version 2

©2016SBOX
CONTENTS
1.Introduction
1.1SBOXModelIdentification
1.1.1A140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000SeriesFrontPanel
1.1.2A140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000SeriesBackPanel
1.1.3A240/A540FrontPanel
1.1.4A240/A540BackPanel
1.1.5A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesFrontPanel
1.1.6A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesRearPanel
2.GettingStartedwithSBOX
2.1Prerequisites
2.2PowerOn
2.3ApplianceLogIn
2.4NetworkConfiguration
2.4.1DHCPSetup
2.4.2ManualNetworkSetup
a)Networkinformationscreen
b)Hostnamescreen
c)TimezoneSetup
3.SBOXManager
3.1Activation
3.1.1EULA
3.1.2SBOXLicense
3.1.3JoinSBOXCluster
3.1.4SetUserPasswords
3.1.5Completion
3.1.6InstallSplunkEnterprise
4.AdditionalSupport
1

©2016SBOX
1. Introduction
1.1SBOXModelIdentification

1.1.1A140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000Series
FrontPanel

Figure1.A140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000SeriesFrontPanel

(1) PowerButton
(2) VGADSub

1.1.2A140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000Series
BackPanel

Figure2.140/F1000/F2000/S1000/S2000SeriesBackPanel

(1) EthernetPort1
(2) EthernetPort2
(3) EthernetPort3
2

©2016SBOX
(4) EthernetPort4
(5) EthernetPort6(ifequipped)
(6) EthernetPort5(ifequipped)

1.1.3A240/A540FrontPanel

Figure3.A240/A540SeriesFrontPanel

(1) PowerButton
(2) VGADSub

1.1.4A240/A540BackPanel

Figure4.A240/A540BackPanel

(1) EthernetPort1
(2) EthernetPort2
(3) EthernetPort3
(4) EthernetPort4
(5) EthernetPort6(ifequipped)
(6) EthernetPort5(ifequipped)





3

©2016SBOX
1.1.5A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesFrontPanel

Figure5.A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesFrontPanel

(1) PowerButton
(2) VGADSub

1.1.6A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesRearPanel

Figure6.A1040/A2510/A2540SeriesPanel

(1) EthernetPort1
(2) EthernetPort2
(3) EthernetPort3
(4) EthernetPort4

4

©2016SBOX
2. Getting Started with SBOX
2.1Prerequisites 
a) Anethernetcableandavailableethernetswitchconnection
b) OneIPaddressforSBOXethernetport1(address,netmaskandgateway
arerequiredformanualconfiguration.DHCPissupported)
c) AclientPCwhichisabletoaccesstotheSBOXIPaddressdefinedabove.
WerecommendtheGoogleChromebrowser.
d) (optional)AccesstotheSplunkEnterpriseinstallationtarball
(splunk*.*.**Linuxx86_64.tgz).
2.2PowerOn 
a) PlugandconnectthepowercablestoSBOX’spowersupplyunit
b) ConnectaVGAmonitorandUSBkeyboard
c) Connecttheprimaryethernetcabletoethernetport1
d) Pressfrontpanel“powerbutton”(A).
Thebuttonmayneedtobepressedtwicethefirsttimetheapplianceisturnedon.
2.3ApplianceLogIn 
Ifthe‘login’promptisnotvisibleontheconnectedmonitor,press‘enter’onthe
keyboardafewtimes.Theloginpromptshouldappear.
Forinitialsetup,logintotheapplianceasusersboxwiththedefaultpassword
changeme.Thispasswordcanbechangedoncetheapplianceisconfigured.

5

©2016SBOX
2.4NetworkConfiguration 
2.4.1DHCPSetup
DHCPisnotrecommendedforapplianceinstallations.Ifyouchoosetoutilizea
DHCPassignedaddress,simplylettheappliancebootupandanaddresswillbe
assigned.Toverifytheaddress,logontotheapplianceandrunthe“ipaddr”
command.

[sbox@sboxnode1~]$ ipaddr
1:lo:<LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP>mtu65536qdiscnoqueuestateUNKNOWN 
link/loopback00:00:00:00:00:00brd00:00:00:00:00:00 
inet127.0.0.1/8scopehostlo 
valid_lftforeverpreferred_lftforever 
inet6::1/128scopehost 
valid_lftforeverpreferred_lftforever 
2:nic0:<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>mtu1500qdiscpfifo_faststateUPqlen 
1000
link/ether08:00:27:9e:96:c0brdff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 
inet192.168.1.100/24brd192.168.1.255scopeglo baldynamicnic0 
valid_lft68091secpreferred_lft68091sec 

Afterrunning“ipaddr”,locatetheoutputstanzafor“nic0”.Inthatblock,therewillbe
anipaddressfollowingthe“inet”tag.Thisistheethernetaddressassignedtotothe
primaryethernetport.AdditionalnetworkportscanbeassignedusingtheSBOX
Manager.

2.4.2ManualNetworkSetup
Thefirstethernetportmustbeconfiguredbeforetheappliancecanbemanaged.To
doso,logontotheapplianceasdetailedinstep2.3andtypethecommand“setup”.
Youwillbewalkedthroughatextbasedsetupscreen.Whileallofthesesettings
canbechangedwithSBOXManager,itisimportanttogettheinitialnetworking
itemscorrectsotheappliancecanbeaccessed.
Afewnotesonnavigationinthesetupscreen:
● UseTABtoswitchbetweenscreenareas
● UsetheARROWkeystoswitchbetweenselectionelements
● UseSPACEorENTERtoselectanelement(ieDHCPorSTATIC)
● TABtotheNEXTelementandhitSPACEorENTERtogotothenextscreen



6

©2016SBOX
a)Networkinformationscreen
● ARROWtoStaticandpressSPACE
● TABtoIPADDRandentertheaddressassignedtothisappliance
● TABtoNETMASKandentertheappropriatenetmask
● TABtoGATEWAYandenterthenetworkgatewaytobeused(Requiredfor
Staticnetworks)
● TABtoNEXTandpressSPACEorENTER

b)Hostnamescreen
● Enterthenameofthishost. 
● TABtoNEXTandpressSPACEorENTER

c)TimezoneSetup
(Pleasenotethatthisscreenmaytakeafewsecondstoload)
7

©2016SBOX
● ARROWupordowntochoosethecitythatmostcloselyrepresentsthe
timezoneofthisappliance
● SPACEtoselecttheRegion/City
● TABtoDONEandpressSPACEorENTER
Afterafewseconds,thesetupscreenshouldgoawayandasuccessmessagewill
appearwiththeIPADDRESStobeusedfortheremainderoftheconfiguration.


8

©2016SBOX
3. SBOX Manager
FinalconfigurationoftheapplianceiscompletedusingtheSBOXManager.Usinga
modernwebbrowser,navigateto:
https://IP_ADDRESS_OF_APPLIANCE
A‘securityerror’mayappear.Dependingonyourbrowseryoumayhavetochoose
“proceedanyway”or“continue”forthepagetoload.
3.1Activation


3.1.1EULA
DuringthefirstvisittoSBOXManager,auserwillbeaskedtoaccepttheEndUser
SoftwareLicenseAgreement.ChoosingAcceptwilladvancetothenextscreen.


 
9

©2016SBOX
3.1.2SBOXLicense
UnlessyouhavealreadybeenprovidedwithanSBOXlicensekey,choose“Start30
DayTrial”.IfanSBOXlicensefilehasbeenprovided,choose“UploadFile”and
locatethefileprovided.


3.1.3JoinSBOXCluster
IfthisnodeisjoininganexistingSBOXCluster,providetheIPAddressandToken
StringthatwereassignedtotheMasterNode.Ifthisisaninitialinstallation,oryou
wishtoconfiguretheSBOXClusteratalatertime,leavethesevaluesblank.Select
NEXTtomovetothenextscreen.


 
10

©2016SBOX
3.1.4SetUserPasswords
Updatepasswordsforthe‘admin’(SBOXManager)and‘sbox’(ssh)usershere.By
default,bothofthesepasswordsaresetto‘changeme’.


3.1.5Completion
TheCompletedscreenletsyouknowthatthisappliancehasbeenconfigured.
Choose“GetStarted”tostartusingtheSBOXManager.

 
11

©2016SBOX
3.1.6InstallSplunkEnterprise
FollowtheonscreendirectionstoinstallSplunkEnterprise.

4. Additional Support
ToaccesstheSBOXSupportdocumentationandknowledgebase,ortoopena
supportticket,pleasevisitsupport.sboxinc.com.



12