ClearBOX 500 Overview
The ClearBOX 500 supports high performance computing (HPC), databases, virtualization, basic enterprise applications, service applications; thanks to its outstanding computing performance, large storage capacity, low energy consumption, high reliability, and ease of deployment & management.
Clean & Simple
The ClearBOX 500 was designed with simplicity and reliability in mind. Delivering over 75 IT functions with checkbox simplicity doesn't stop at the intuitive web-based management interface. Industry leading design is felt throughout the system as performance and scalability are packed neatly into a 1u server chassis.
Platform Scalability
The ClearBOX 500 ships with ClearOS pre-installed. This combination delivers an unmatched platform to scale any type of environment. Multiple chassis configurations are offered allowing 3.5" SAS or SATA drive configurations. An optional 2.5" drive configuration allows for even greater expansion utilizing SAS, SATA & SSD technologies.
Smart Server Technology
Gone are the days of deploying a server for each application and multiple appliances for your network to function. It was a mess and was costly to build and maintain. ClearBOX combines the power of ClearOS and the ClearOS Marketplace with enterprise grade components, simple design, and built-in feature functionality. Introducing the Original Smart Server.
Enterprise Capacity
The ClearBOX 500 comes in configurations built to meet the needs of small offices and enterprise corporations alike. Configurations can range from multi ten-core processors with 768GB of memory to single four-core processors with 16GB of memory. With ClearBOX and ClearOS it's all about choice.
Reliable & Redundant
The ClearBOX 500 uses highly efficient 80 Plus Platinum PSUs that comply with the ENERGY STAR standards and have passed Energy Conservation and Environmentally-Friendly Certifications.
Complete Networking Functionality
ClearBOX delivers much more then simple server functionality. The ClearBOX combines Cloud, Server, Gateway, Networking and more into one simple yet robust server.
- Dropbox®
- Google Drive® Sync (coming)
- Microsoft Office365® Connector (coming)
- Dynamic DNS
- Dynamic VPN
- Remote Security Audit
- Remote Data Backup
- Remote System Monitor
- Google Apps®, Accounts Sync
- Antimalware Signatures
- Antispam Signatures
- Content Filter Blacklists
- IDS Signatures
Cloud Apps
- Bandwidth & QoS Manager
- 1-to-1 NAT Firewall
- Custom Firewall
- DMZ Firewall
- Egress Firewall
- Incoming Firewall
- Port Forwarding
- Network Map
- DHCP Server
- DNS Server
- Multicast DNS Server
- NTP Server
- RADIUS Server
- SSH Server
- UPnP
- OpenVPN
- ibVPN
- PPTP Server
- IPsec VPN
- IP Settings
- Multi-WAN
- Upstream Proxy
Network Apps
- Gateway Antiphising
- Gateway Antivirus
- Kaspersky® Antimalware
- Content Filter Engine
- DNSThingy
- Web Access Control
- Web Proxy Server
- Web Proxy Auto Detection
- Intrusion Detection System
- Intrusion Prevention System
Gateway Apps
- MariaDB Database Server
- Directory Server
- Microsoft Active Directory® Connector
- Google Apps® Connector (coming)
- Antimalware File Scanner
- FTP Server
- Flexshare
- ownCloud
- Photo Organizer
- Plex Media Server
- Serviio Media Server
- Windows Networking (Samba)
- Advanced Print Server
- Greylisting
- IMAP & POP Server
- Mail Antispam
- Mail Antivirus
- Mail Archive
- Mail Retrieval
- Kaspersky® Mail Antimlware
- Roundcube Webmail
- SMTP Server
- Zarafa® Collaboration (exchange)
- Web Server
Server Apps
- Master / Slave Synchronization
- Administrators
- Groups
- Account Manager
- Account Import
- Password Policies
- Users
- User Certificates
- User Profiles
- Software RAID Manager
- Storage Manager
- ClearOS Business Marketplace
- ClearCARE Support
System Apps
- Bandwidth Viewer Report
- Disk Usage Report
- Log Viewer
- Network Report
- Network Visualizer
- Process Viewer
- Resource Report
- SMART Monitor
- Events & Notifications System (coming)
- System Report
- IDS Report (coming)
- IDS Viewer (coming)
- Content Filter Block Report (coming)
- Antimalware Threat Report (coming)
- SSH Access Log Report (coming)
- Remote Audit Log Report (coming)
- Penetration Testing Report (coming)
Reporting Apps
Manage Up to 750 Users, with one appliance
ClearBOX 500 Hybrid Appliances are engineered to scale quickly and simply for environments running 10 users or up to 750 users.
The 500 is designed for mid-sized organizations, distributed enterprises and educational institutions with up to 750 users. It's excellent pricing allows not only for a quick ROI but the ability to deploy a ClearBOX in Mission Critical configurations to ensure maximum up time for your environment.
Solutions include ClearOS Professional, Standard & Premium software license options, which include many apps and services as well as ClearCARE, Level I & Level II technical support.
Cloud Managed since 2001
The ClearBOX 500 series was designed as a simple to deploy, scalable all in one solution. This allows for simple deployments in small environments or more complex multi-site deployments, by allowing you to manage each appliance with a simple, intuitive web interface. ClearBOX runs an award winning operating system, built for any skillset or ability. No longer does your admin need to be a Guru with 50,000 nerd points in order to build, manage and maintain your Server, Network and Gateway appliance.
Introducing the Smart Server
Maximum Intrusion Protection
The ClearBOX 500 runs an advanced intrusion protection system allowing for maximum protection against global threats.
The Intrusion Detection & Prevention is a cornerstone of security for any size network. The ClearBOX uses the highly regarded Snort engine to perform real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The system can help identify, log and stop (using the IPS plugin) external attack vectors targeting the network (fingerprinting, buffer overflows, brute force authentication etc.). The app contains over 1000 known attack vector signatures with another 12,000+ signatures included with the ClearBOX (with continuous updates) via the IDS update subscription from ClearCenter (app available in the Marketplace, included with ClearBOX).
Network Visibility & Control
Do you know who your top bandwidth consumers are?
The Network Visualizer captures and displays data flow traversing your network in real-time. Despite requiring some technical knowledge in networking principles, this feature can be extremely useful in troubleshooting and diagnosing bandwidth issues and unauthorized applications or malware originating from your network.
Less Equipment. Less Waste
As businesses continue to deploy the ClearBOX solution, less materials will be wasted. That's a big deal, especially considering that 50 million tons of E-Waste is generated every year and 75 million computers are dumped in landfills. ClearBOX saves space, energy, waste, money and the environment.
Think Green. Save Money. Save Power
Next time you change a light bulb, think about a ClearBOX. At 150 watts it draws about the same power as the light bulbs in your office. But the server rack of today is a heat generating, power sucking monster. ClearBOX lets you save a little green and decrease your footprint on required systems. Think of it this way.. how long would your current server or network device last on your current backup power supply (UPS)? Just think of the difference running a 150 watt appliance versus a 600 watt appliance.
The ClearBOX 500 has two drive configurations:
ClearBOX 531
Figure 1 shows the ClearBOX 531, which supports eight 2.5-inch SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, or Solid-State Drives (SSDs).
ClearBOX 511
Figure 2 shows the ClearBOX 511 that supports four 3.5-inch SATA HDDs
Advanced Capacity Design
- 1 J95 RCIA_CARD port
- 2 J127 port
- 3 J4 port
- 4 CPU2
- 5 J5 port
- 6 J131 port
- 7 J6 port
- 8 CPU1
- 9 J126 port
- 10 J7 port
- 11 J8 LCIA_CARD port
- -
- 23 J46 DIMM012 (1B3)
- 24 J94 HDD_BP port
- 25 PCH
- 26 J130 SATA CONN2
- 27 J102 RAID CARD CONN
- 28 J112 RISER SLOT (for CPU1)
- 29 J120 mini SATA CONN
- 30 J124 IO CARD port
- 31 J123 IO CARD port
- 32 J87 USB CONN
- 33 J73 FE PORT
- 34 J122 USB CONN
- 35 J121 USB CONN
- 36 J128 VGA port
- 37 J129 COM CONN
- 38 J114 x8 PCIE SLOT (for CPU2)
- 39 J10 PSU CONN2
- 40 J106 VGA CARD CONN
- 41 J9 PSU CONN1
- 42 J36 PWR CONN1
- 43 J89 TPM slot
- -
- 55 J58 DIMM112 (2B3)
ClearBOX 531 Front View
- 1 UID button/indicator
- 2 Power button/indicator
- 3 USB port 1
- 4 USB port 2
- 5 Ethernet port indicator 1
- 6 Ethernet port indicator 2
- 7 HEALTHY indicator 8 VGA port
- 9 Disk
- 10 Captive screw
- 11 Hard disk fault indicator
- 12 Hard disk active indicator
- 13 Label (showing the ClearBOX 500 hardware configurations)
- 14 (Optional) Built-in DVD-ROM driver(only for the ClearBOX 531)
- 15 Hard disk slot label 16 –
- 1 UID button/indicator
- 2 Power button/indicator
- 3 USB port 1
- 4 USB port 2
- 5 Ethernet port indicator 1
- 6 Ethernet port indicator 2
- 7 HEALTHY indicator 8 VGA port
- 9 Disk
- 10 Captive screw
- 11 Hard disk fault indicator
- 12 Hard disk active indicator
- 13 Label (showing the ClearBOX 500 hardware configurations)
- 14 (Optional) Built-in DVD-ROM driver (only for the ClearBOX 531)
- 15 Hard disk slot label 16 –
ClearBOX 511 Front View
ClearBOX 500 Rear Panel View (4x1GE Option Shown)
- 1 Connection status indicator
- 2 GE port 4
- 3 Data transmission status indicator
- 4 GE port 3
- 5 GE port 2
- 6 GE port 1
- 7 UID indicator
- 8 Management network port
- 9 USB port 2
- 10 USB port 1
- 11 VGA port
- 12 Serial port
- 13 Power socket of PSU 2
- 14 PSU 2 indicator
- 15 PSU 2
- 16 Power socket of PSU 1
- 17 PSU 1 indicator
- 18 PSU 1
- 1 Connection status indicator
- 2 GE port 4
- 3 Data transmission status indicator
- 4 GE port 3
- 5 GE port 2
- 6 GE port 1
- 7 UID indicator
- 8 Management network port
- 9 USB port 2
- 10 USB port 1
- 11 VGA port
- 12 Serial port
- 13 Power socket of PSU 2
- 14 PSU 2 indicator
- 15 PSU 2
- 16 Power socket of PSU 1
- 17 PSU 1 indicator
- 18 PSU 1
ClearBOX 500 Rear Panel View (2x10GE Option Shown)
PCIe Card Expandability
Built With Redundancy In Mind
Simple Rack Installation
Re-Installing ClearOS:
ClearOS
The ClearBOX 500 includes five USB ports:
1. Four USB ports are on the front and rear panels and used for connecting USB devices that are frequently installed and removed.
2. One USB port is on the mainboard and used for connecting a USB device that is seldom removed or reinstalled.
The following uses the USB port on the mainboard to describe how to connect a USB flash drive.
- Step 1 Power off the ClearBOX 500. For details, see 5.2 Powering Off the ClearBOX 500.
- Step 2 Remove all power cables.
- Step 3 Wear an ESD wrist strap. For details, see 2.3.2 Wearing an ESD wrist strap.
- Step 4 Remove the ClearBOX 500 from the rack. For details, see 4.8 Removing the ClearBOX 500. Place the ClearBOX 500 on a table with the ESD top.
- Step 5 Remove the chassis cover. For details, see "Removing the Chassis cover" in the ClearBOX 500 Server Maintenance Guide.
- Step 6 Connect a USB storage device to the USB port. as shown in Figure 4-11.
NOTE: Only the upper USB port on the mainboard is where ClearOS is factory installed. The lower one is reserved.
Seamless & Intelligent Installation of ClearOS
What's Included With Your ClearBOX 500:
ClearBOX 500 Components
1 Chassis A chassis provides space for installing all the components.
2 PSU The server uses two PSUs working in 1+1 redundancy mode. You can use two types of PSUs based on the input power:
- l AC PSU: converts AC power into DC power for the ClearBOX 500.
- DC PSU: converts DC power into 12 V DC power for the ClearBOX 500.
3 Riser card Provides one PCIe 3.0 x 16 slot for installing one PCIe card of full height and half length or of half height and half length.
4 PCIe card (install on the Riser card 3)Two PCIe cards are supported: one of full height and full length, one of half height and half length.
5 Air duct The air duct is a ventilation duct in a chassis.
6 Fan The fans dissipate heat for the ClearBOX 500 and allow one-fan failures. If one fan fails, the speed of the other fans is adjusted by area to ensure heat dissipation.
7 Disk Hard disks are hot-swappable and store data for the ClearBOX 500. The ClearBOX 500 supports the following hard disk configurations:
- ClearBOX 531: supports eight 2.5-inch SAS HDDs, SATA HDDs, or SSDs. The three types of disks can be installed in one server.
- ClearBOX 511: supports four 3.5-inch SATA HDDs.
The two types of disks can be installed in one server.
8 Hard disk backplane The backplane supplies power to HDDs and provides data transmission channels.
9 Memory Maximum number of DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs): 24
- Maximum memory capacity: 1024 GB
- Capacity of a single DIMM: 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB
- Memory speed: 800/1066/1333/1600/1866/2133 MHz
- 10 PCIe card (install on the mainboard)
Used for install one PCIe card of half height and half length.
11 Riser card Provides one PCIe 3.0 x 8 slot for installing one PCIe card of half height and half length.
12 NIC Four types of NICs are supported, providing the following network ports:
- Two GE electrical ports, supporting Network Controller Sideband Interface (NCSI), Wake on LAN (WOL), Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE).
- Four GE electrical ports, supporting NCSI, WOL, PXE.
- Two 10GE optical ports, supporting NCSI, PXE.
- Two 10GE electrical ports, supporting NCSI, WOL, PXE.
13 Storage controller card The ClearBOX 500 is configured with ZFS by default. The system will support hardware RAID controller cards to configure RAID for its hard disks (Not recommended for ClearOS 7 or later versions). The controller cards support RAID state migration, RAID configuration memory, self-diagnosis, and web-based remote configuration.
- The SR120 controller card supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10. Battery protection is not supported.
- The SR320BC 512MB/1GB controller cards support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. Battery protection is supported.
- The SR520BC 1GB controller cards support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, and 60. Supercapacitor and Cache Cade 2.0 is supported.
14 Mainboard As a basic key component of a server, a mainboard integrates basic components such as the BIOS chip, PCH chip, and expansion slots and provides sockets for installing components such as CPUs and DIMMs.
15 Flash card The flash card is included. The server adopts a USB flash storage card, which provides a maximum capacity of 8 GB, used for ClearOS re-installation purposes.
16 CPU The ClearBOX 500 uses Intel® new-generation high-performance Xeon® E5-2600 (Sandy Bridge-EP) / Xeon® E5-2600 V2 (Ivy Bridge-EP) series CPUs to provide a powerful data processing capability. A CPU integrates a memory controller and PCIe controller.
17 CPU heat sink The heat sink cools the processors.
18 Battery tray A battery tray supports and secures an iBBU.
19 iBBU The iBBU is required unless hardware RAID is used, which is not recommended with ClearOS 7 or later versions of ClearOS.
ClearOS Business Subscriptions
DID YOU KNOW: Deploying ClearOS 7, Business Edition saves you hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year. The Business Edition bundles in many available paid apps and services, along with commercial third party add-ons which are more costly as al a carte options on other ClearOS editions.Check out the benefits of using ClearOS 7, Business below:
Not Available on ClearBOX
BRONZE
Business Subscription
- Includes 75+ IT Functions (apps)
- ClearOS 7, Business OS & App Access
- Quality Tested Code & Updates Only
- Master / Slave Directory Synchronization
- Microsoft® A.D. Connector (up to 50 users)
for 36 Months
SILVER
Business Subscription
- BRONZE Subscription (plus the following)
- + Commercial URLs for Content Filter
- + Content Filter Blacklisting
- + Commercial Signatures for IDS / IPS
- + Commercial AV / AS Rules
- + Remote System Configuration Backup
- + Dynamically Managed VPN
Contact Sales to Upgrade
GOLD
Business Subscription
- SILVER Subscription (plus the following)
- + ClearCARE Level I (Break/Fix Support)
- + 8/5 Tech-Support (M-F 10-18:00 EST)
- + Unlmited Tickets (Incl. 5 Hour Support Pack)
- + Email Support
- + Remote Login Support
- + 1 Business Day Initial Support Response
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PLATINUM
Business Subscription
- GOLD Subscription (plus the following)
- + ClearCARE Level II (Troubleshooting Support)
- + 8/5 Tech-Support (24/7 *outages only)
- + Unlmited Tickets (Incl. 10 Hour Support Pack)
- + Phone Support
- + 4 Hour Initial Support Response
- + Remote System Monitor Alerts
- + Remote File Security Audit Alerts
- Home Office
- Small Office
- Medium Office
- Large Office
- Distributed Environments
- Data Center
- Mail Server
- Application Server
- Internet Security Appliance
- Content Filter & Proxy Server
- Network File Server
- All-in-One Server
- Zarafa Mail Server
- IMAP & POP Server
- Application Server2
- Internet Security Appliance
- Content Filter & Proxy Server
- Network File Server
- All-in-One Server
- CPU
- Memory
- Disk
- Power
- Rack Mountable
- Up to 25
- Up to 50
- Up to 25
- Up to 50
- Up to 50
- Up to 100
- Up to 15
- 1x Intel Atom®
- Up to 4GB
- 1x 2.5" SATA
- 1x P/S
- -
- Up to 100
- Up to 350
- Up to 50
- Up to 200
- Up to 200
- Up to 400
- Up to 75
- 1x Intel iSeries®
- Up to 16GB
- 2x 2.5" or 1x 3.5" SATA
- 1x P/S
- Up to 10001
- Up to 1000
- Up to 10000
- Up to 100001
- Up to 100001
- Up to 200001
- Up to 750
- 2x Intel Xeon®
- Up to 768GB
- 8x 2.5" or 4x 3.5" SAS
- 2x Hot Swappable P/S
- Up to 10001
- Up to 3500
- Up to 10000
- Up to 100001
- Up to 100001
- Up to 200001
- Up to 750
- 2x Intel Xeon®
- Up to 768GB
- 26x 2.5" or 12x 3.5" SAS
- 2x Hot Swappable P/S