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Ethernet Disk mini

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Summary of Contents for 300952U - Ethernet Disk Mini NAS Server

Page 1: ...Ethernet Disk mini v 2 0...

Page 2: ...alone Installation 13 3 2 Rack Mounting Installation 13 3 3 Connecting The External Power Supply 14 4 Configuring Your Drive 15 4 1 Install Network Configuration Software 15 4 2 Connect Your Drive Vi...

Page 3: ...iguration 29 6 5 Disk Menu 30 6 5 1 Reformatting The Disk 30 6 6 Shares Menu 31 6 6 1 Create New Share 31 6 6 2 Edit A Share 32 6 7 Users Menu 33 6 7 1 Add A User 33 6 7 2 Edit a User 34 6 7 3 Change...

Page 4: ...tion and without obligation to notify any person of such revisions and changes FCC Statement NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursua...

Page 5: ...n its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste Instead it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a des ign...

Page 6: ...ugh a window Inversely placing your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit Always unplug the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini from the electrical outlet if th...

Page 7: ...eb Administration tool create users assign access rights and passwords and configure the network parameters of your drive 1 1 What Your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Can Do Backup data in a separate locati...

Page 8: ...ernet Explorer 6 0 or higher FireFox Mozilla 1 5 or higher Apple Safari OS Compatibility Windows 95 98 98SE Me 2000 and XP SP1 and SP2 X64 Mac OS 9 x and higher Mac OS 10 1 x and higher Linux 2 4 20 a...

Page 9: ...e Contents Your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini should include the following LaCie Ethernet Disk mini with drive stand Fast Ethernet 10 100 cable Hi Speed USB 2 0 cable External power supply LaCie Storage Ut...

Page 10: ...Disk mini will power on and off automatically while connected via the USB interface The LED remains lit to show that the drive is on and blinks to indicate drive activity Your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini...

Page 11: ...quipment racks using the LaCie Rackmount Kit sold separately See sections 3 1 Stand alone Installation and 3 2 Rack Mounting Installation for more information Serial Number Sticker This is where you w...

Page 12: ...2 4 2 Ethernet A LAN Local Area Network technology based on the IEEE 802 3 standard is used by a group of computers and associated devices that share a com mon communication line and typically share...

Page 13: ...en stacking drives make sure and adhere the rubber feet to the bottom of the drives This provides a small separation between the two stacked drives When racking in 19 equipment racks only rack the equ...

Page 14: ...ugh when it is reading or writing information Your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini also manages power consumption If the system s power save feature supports it the drive will spin down during the power save...

Page 15: ...nsert the LaCie Ethernet Disk Ethernet disk mini CD ROM included with your purchase 2 The CD should appear on the desktop Double click the CD icon then double click Network IP Configurator software fi...

Page 16: ...ur Ethernet network 3 Press the blue On Off Button on the front of the drive It may take a few seconds for your network to recognize the drive Once the drive appears go to section 5 1 Accessing The La...

Page 17: ...mini IP address is to install and use the LaCie network configuration applica tion located on the utilities CD ROM that ships with the Ethernet Disk mini Please see section 4 2 Connect Your Drive Via...

Page 18: ...Network with no DHCP Server In this case you will need to manually assign the correct network settings for your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini The easiest way to modify your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini s netw...

Page 19: ...hare you will be asked to enter a user name and a password For faster time connections and usability LaCie recommends that you map a drive to share To map a drive to share select the Tools menu from W...

Page 20: ...click Connect to Server in the Go menu and go to Workgroup and select EDmini A share named ED_mini will appear Click on the share that you want open and press OK Enter a valid username and password T...

Page 21: ...verified you will be able to browse the contents of the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini through either http or FTP Simply click on the http button to view the files via http and click on FTP to view the fil...

Page 22: ...ress refers to the IP address that is assigned to your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini for example http 192 168 0 207 Once the page opens click on the Administration button in the upper left hand part of the...

Page 23: ...nistration Page Simply use the pull down menu beside the Language selector to find your language and then click Submit Changes to activate your language You may come back to this page at any time by c...

Page 24: ...achine Name page From here you can modify the name of the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini If you have changed the name click the Submit Changes button to activate your changes The default machine name for th...

Page 25: ...ges fig D 6 3 3 FTP and HTTP Protocols HTTP hypertext transfer protocol is always active and cannot be turned off FTP file transfer protocol however can be enabled or disabled To disable FTP for the E...

Page 26: ...ached If you have altered the AppleTalk Zone click the Submit Changes button to activate your changes fig F 6 3 5 Select a Time Zone By clicking on the blue button to the right of Time Zone in the Gen...

Page 27: ...right of Current Date in the General section of the Configuration menu you will be taken to the Change Date And Time page From here you can modify the network synchronization settings of the LaCie Eth...

Page 28: ...estart Shutdown At the bottom of the Configuration menu you can press either the Restart button or Shutdown button By clicking on either of the buttons a prompt will appear to alert you to which proce...

Page 29: ...d is utilized when the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini is connected to a non DHCP enabled network In this case you will need to manually assign the correct network settings for your LaCie Ethernet Disk mini...

Page 30: ...tinuing Click the Format button to continue or the Close this window button to quit the process fig B Using the Web Administration Page Fig A Fig B Important Info The LaCie Ethernet Disk mini is pre f...

Page 31: ...operties You can choose from Windows Apple Bonjour HTTP or FTP fig A 6 6 1 Create New Share By clicking on the Create new share line in the Shares menu you will be able to create a new share From this...

Page 32: ...e able to modify a share s properties From this window you will be able to change properties of your share such as changing the share s name modifying their path and enabling disabling protocols which...

Page 33: ...cking on the Add new user line in the Users menu you will be able to create a new user and assign them a name password and USB access privileges fig B Fig B Using the Web Administration Page CAUTION U...

Page 34: ...Administrator Password By clicking on the Change administrator password line you will be taken to the Change Administrator password page where you can alter the default administrator password to a cu...

Page 35: ...tton that corresponds to the service which you wish to disable fig A 6 8 1 System Log By clicking the View system log button in the Status menu you will be taken to the System log window where you can...

Page 36: ...it appears the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini s LogOn tool should start automatically If there are no registered users which will be the case if the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini has not been connected via Ethe...

Page 37: ...as login and admin as password to get access to the drive If you have already set up user accounts see section 6 7 User s Menu enter your User Name and Password and click on the Log In button to acces...

Page 38: ...t Disk mini s network configuration The left side of the Advanced window will display a list of all of the LaCie Ethernet Disk minis that are detected on the local USB bus if there are other LaCie Eth...

Page 39: ...thernet Disk mini should turn on automatically when the USB connected is established 3 PC Users In my computer the Edmini LogOn icon should appear Double click this icon Mac Users The Edmini LogOn ico...

Page 40: ...ve Click on this prompt 3 You will then be given the following message Safe to Remove Hardware or similar It is now safe to disconnect the device Linux Users 1 Open a terminal as root and type unmount...

Page 41: ...4GB 2GB read only FTP Client 4GB 4GB 2GB read only Formatted as EXT3 Ethernet Disk mini won t work via USB Not recommended to reformat in HFS as it causes the Ethernet Disk mini to be unstable when t...

Page 42: ...nce please contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Technical Support see 10 Contacting Customer Service for details Manual Updates LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up to date comprehensi...

Page 43: ...Support Did you follow the correct in stallation steps for the specific interface Review the installation steps USB 7 1 Getting Connected and Ethernet 5 1 Accessing the Drive via the Network The two...

Page 44: ...5 Accessing the Drive on the Network Is your network DHCP en abled If your network is DHCP enabled please refer to sections 4 Configuring Your Drive and 6 Using the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini Web Admini...

Page 45: ...B 2 0 drivers for both your host bus adapter and device have been installed correctly If in doubt uninstall the drivers and re install them Does your computer or operating system support Hi Speed USB...

Page 46: ...sing the LaCie Ethernet Disk mini default FAT32 format the file size limit for a single file is 4GB via USB and ethernet An individual file which is 4GB or larger cannot be copied to the LaCie Etherne...

Page 47: ...urself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist and you still can t get your LaCie drive to work properly contact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure tha...

Page 48: ...contact LaCie Germany Contact us at http www lacie com de contact LaCie Italy Contact us at http www lacie com it contact LaCie Japan Contact us at http www lacie co jp LaCie Netherlands Contact us a...

Page 49: ...lity for any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential damages such...

Page 50: ...storage usually RAM set aside to store frequently used data from electro me chanical storage hard drives floppy disks CD DVD ROM tape cartridges etc Therefore storing frequently used data in RAM can...

Page 51: ...fer Protocol This is a standard Internet protocol that uses the Internet s TCP IP protocols to exchange files between computers on the Internet It is commonly used to download programs and other files...

Page 52: ...o be lost Internet A collection of networks whose users communicate with one another Each communication carries the address of the source and destination networks and the particular machine within the...

Page 53: ...and contain subnetworks Operating System OS Software that controls the assignment and use of hardware resources such as memory processor time disk space and peripherals An operating system is the bas...

Page 54: ...e In a nutshell software is a set of instructions for the computer A set of instructions to perform a particular task is called a program There are two main types of software system software an operat...

Page 55: ...atagram Protocol This is a communications protocol that allows a limited amount of service when messages are exchanged between computers in a network that uses the Internet Protocol IP UDP uses the IP...

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