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LaCie Biggest S2S

User Manual

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Setting Up Your Biggest S2S

Refer to your LaCie SATA Card Quick Install

Guide included on your LaCie SATA II Card CD for

information on card installation.

Please be sure to check the LaCie website for up-

dated software and manuals at

www.lacie.com

In order to run the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager, you

must first install the LaCie SATA II Card and its asso-

ciated driver. This setup allows a software and hardware

link between the PC and the LaCie Biggest S2S.

3.2. Installation Prerequisites

Mac G4 500MHz or faster with Mac OS X with

latest set of patches installed

PC with Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or

Windows Server 2003 OS with latest service pack

installed

64MB RAM, 250MB free hard disk space

External SATA cable connection between the LaCie

Biggest S2S Storage Appliance and the PC

The LaCie Biggest S2S Installation CD

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3.3. Installing the PCI-X/PCI-Express Card and Drive

Summary of Contents for Biggest S2S

Page 1: ...s Card and Drive 16 3 4 Set Up the Biggest S2S 17 3 5 Set Up the Biggest S2S Disk Drives 17 3 5 1 Windows Users 17 3 5 2 Mac Users 19 3 6 Install the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager 20 3 6 1 Windows Users 2...

Page 2: ...Client Connection to the Daemon 51 4 4 6 Email Notification 52 4 4 6 1 Setting Up Email Notification 53 4 4 6 2 Receiving an Email Notification 54 5 Maintaining Your Biggest S2S 55 5 1 Removing Repla...

Page 3: ...Contents 10 2 LaCie Biggest S2S connection to LaCie SATA PCI X PCI Express Card 71 10 3 Review Event Log 72 11 Contacting Customer Support 73 11 1 Before You Contact Technical Support 73 11 2 LaCie T...

Page 4: ...ful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc tions may cause harmful...

Page 5: ...2S near other electrical appliances such as televisions radios or speakers Do ing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the operation of the other products Do not place the LaCie Bigge...

Page 6: ...other than an authorized LaCie Technical Support representative will void the warranty CAUTION Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user s authority to operate this device Im...

Page 7: ...hile providing greater data integrity and availability than standard hard disk storage With the ability to provide single error detection and redundant information to recover the original if a disk fa...

Page 8: ...CD ROM drive 64 MB of RAM minimum 250 MB of free hard disk space Super VGA 800 x 600 or higher resolution with 256 colors Mouse or compatible pointing device External SATA cable connection between th...

Page 9: ...3Gb s external cable 2 meters LaCie Biggest S2S Utilities CD ROM includes User s Manual Quick Install Guide Storage Manager and Firmware LaCie Biggest S2S Quick Install Guide printed version Power cab...

Page 10: ...ve Disk Status Indicator Next to each drive blue LED disk not recognized green LED disk recognized Disk Activity Indicator Blinking green LED Host LED indicator Indicates connection with the host LED...

Page 11: ...2 3 4 5 CAUTION To avoid overheating the LaCie Big gest S2S should be installed in a well ventilated area and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow across the controller chips Also ensure t...

Page 12: ...r the use of shielded cables outside the PC eSATA technology was developed to be rugged and durable eSATA connectors do not have the L shaped design of other SATA connectors In addition the guide feat...

Page 13: ...hat you need to install the LaCie Biggest S2S Page 16 Step 3 3 3 Installing the PCI X PCI Express Card and Driver In order to run the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager you must first install the LaCie SATA II...

Page 14: ...ms of speed but no redundancy of data Striping increases storage operation speed by using several disk drives in parallel Each portion of data is divided into segments which are written to different d...

Page 15: ...and Safe volume rebuilds See 4 4 5 Manage Client Connection to the Daemon for further details regarding the daemon Setting Up Your Biggest S2S Important Info Your LaCie Biggest S2S comes preconfigure...

Page 16: ...LaCie SATA II Card and its asso ciated driver This setup allows a software and hardware link between the PC and the LaCie Biggest S2S 3 2 Installation Prerequisites Mac G4 500MHz or faster with Mac OS...

Page 17: ...the supplied CD 1 2 3 4 5 The LaCie Biggest S2S default configuration is in RAID 0 mode If other configurations are needed see sections 3 1 Storage policies 4 4 A Look at the Configuration Window and...

Page 18: ...rives are visible in their pre configured and unallo cated state The Status window provides details of the volume allocation A sixth device appears without ca pacity in the list to represent the Steel...

Page 19: ...gest S2S into an outlet and turn the Big gest S2S power switch to ON Attach the Storage Appliance to the LaCie SATA II Card with an eSATA cable A warning appears Because the Biggest S2S ships with emp...

Page 20: ...hard disk drives for an Biggest S2S in JBOD bypass mode populated with five 160GB hard disk drives Insert the installation CD into your CD ROM drive Open the installation CD and select the Windows fo...

Page 21: ...en will soon ap pear Click Next to continue 5 Next select the location on your computer to install the program If you do not have a preference click Next to use the default location 6 Next select the...

Page 22: ...appear 9 The LaCie Biggest S2S Manager is installed in the Programs section of the Start menu under S2S Man ager as shown below The installation creates a short cut The S2S Manager application displa...

Page 23: ...nstallation CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Open the installation CD and select the Mac folder as shown 3 Double click the Biggest S2S Setup pkg file to begin the installation procedure 3 6 2 Mac Users 4...

Page 24: ...page 24 6 Review the License agreement Click Continue 7 Click Agree to accept the License agreement 8 Select the local hard disk drive Click Continue 9 Click Install to begin the installation process...

Page 25: ...he Biggest S2S appli cation launches a daemon process to monitor the Biggest S2S Storage Appliance The Biggest S2SUI application launches the Biggest S2S Manager to display the information captured by...

Page 26: ...ws Status window Configuration Mode The Status window is the first to appear following the launch of the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager The Configuration Mode and all following screens can be accessed with...

Page 27: ...Biggest S2S icon to launch the S2S Manager 2 Use the Status window to monitor the Biggest S2S status Biggest S2S Manager dialogs such as the Configuration Mode can be accessed by entering a password...

Page 28: ...s occur 5 Should the daemon fail to start an error message ap pears 4 2 Customize Password The LaCie Biggest S2S Manager limits configura tion access with a password prompt The password in formation i...

Page 29: ...S2S Storage Appliance 32 C 90 F See 6 Monitor the LaCie Biggest S2S Storage Ap plication for details The Fan Speed column indicates the current RPMs for the system fan The Fan Speed value and system...

Page 30: ...The File and Edit menus of the Status window con tains the following items File Menu Edit Menu Change password launches a dialog to establish a new password Scan Devices refreshes the tabs presented b...

Page 31: ...allow volume counts or capacities to be modified In Advanced mode the Configuration Mode provides ad ditional volume management flexibility 4 4 1 Basic Configuration Mode Take a moment to review the...

Page 32: ...ts of these buttons Three buttons at the bottom of the Configuration Mode control the affected change s Apply causes the Mode to download the changes to the LaCie Biggest S2S OK submits configuration...

Page 33: ...ume label implemented storage policy and size 3 A confirmation box appears Because the Basic Con figuration Mode affects all hard disk drives a con figuration change may result in total data loss Clic...

Page 34: ...ves a con figuration change may result in total data loss Click Yes to complete the configuration Technical note The volumes table below the Storage Policy frame lists the volume label implemented sto...

Page 35: ...n Mode frame 1 2 3 A confirmation box appears Because the Basic Con figuration Mode affects all hard disk drives a con figuration change may result in total data loss Click Yes to complete the configu...

Page 36: ...ion box appears Because the Basic Con figuration Mode affects all hard disk drives a con figuration change may result in total data loss Click Yes to complete the configuration Technical note The volu...

Page 37: ...ppears Because the Basic Con figuration Mode affects all hard disk drives a con figuration change may result in total data loss Click Yes to complete the configuration Technical note The volumes table...

Page 38: ...pears Because the Basic Con figuration Mode affects all hard disk drives a con figuration change may result in total data loss Click Yes to complete the configuration Technical note The volumes table...

Page 39: ...each with different storage policies and capacities This flexibility provides numerous combinations of performance redundancy and capacity to meet your business requirements There are many of the pos...

Page 40: ...es Volumes displays disk space for each hard disk drive All space allocated to the same volume ap pears in a matching color A hatch pattern indi cates a proposed configuration and a solid block indica...

Page 41: ...figured volumes Creates a new volume on which to set the stor age policy and capacity You can create up to 2 volumes on each hard disk drive 10 total Copies the configuration of one LaCie Big gest S2S...

Page 42: ...pplies to any configura tion you choose to implement only the storage policy and capacity allocation vary for different configuration options 1 Click the Configure Box toolbar button to open the Basic...

Page 43: ...s underneath Drives 0 and 1 Move the slide to 50 7 Click Update Volume 8 When prompted whether to create a Hot Spare for the SAFE volume click No In some configurations you may want the added redundan...

Page 44: ...ty to the new volume However do ing so makes the unallocated capacity unavailable and unused 13 Click Update Volume 14 Click the Create a New Volume toolbar button 15 Select the BIG radio button in th...

Page 45: ...n chapter 4 4 1 Basic Con figuration prompts you to save a configuration file 4 4 2 4 1 Importing a Configuration File Select Configure Box from the Edit menu or click the Configure Box toolbar button...

Page 46: ...first delete previously defined partition s To partition a volume Review the Configure JBOD section configuration This example uses the JBOD storage policy for creat ing a volume for each hard disk dr...

Page 47: ...tart the Partition Mode Using Your Biggest S2S 5 Select the Primary or Extended option and click Next 6 Specify partition size The default shows the entire volume capacity If you choose to use a porti...

Page 48: ...Manual page 48 7 Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next Using Your Biggest S2S 8 Name and format the partition and click Next 9 Review the file system settings and click Finish to create...

Page 49: ...torage policy to directly ex pose each hard disk drive 4 4 3 2 Partition configured volume Mac OS X 2 Launch Disk Utility from Application Utilities fold er to view the disk drives 3 Select a configur...

Page 50: ...and icons to manage configuration files The LaCie Biggest S2S Manager imports a configura tion file using the Read Config File under the File menu in the Configuration Mode The LaCie Biggest S2S Mana...

Page 51: ...splay information tracked by a daemon module running on a remote PC that is in the same room or at a different site Having the user inter face remote to the daemon allows remote monitoring for system...

Page 52: ...tions occur Each of the above conditions can be customized for sending options as well as the message that is sent This is an example of the Setup Email Notification screen Partition Rebuild Start Par...

Page 53: ...the intended receivers of the condition notifications 4 Select Test Email at the bottom of the screen to ver ify that you have correctly set up the email portions of this feature 5 The Email Notifica...

Page 54: ...r instance to put in the Box Serial Number type in the descriptive text followed by the message code as demonstrated below e Click on Accept to complete the change Using Your Biggest S2S 4 4 6 2 Recei...

Page 55: ...Cie Biggest S2S Storage Appliance and can reset the Biggest S2S should that become necessary Install new firmware Select Specify Firmware from the Edit menu of the Status window The firmware selection...

Page 56: ...space does not exist or has already been rebuilt the Biggest S2S processor rebuilds to empty space on a hard disk drive other than the one containing vulnerable data Following a rebuild it is not nec...

Page 57: ...uild option forces the daemon to initiate the rebuild process automatically and mini mize the possibility of data loss 3 If you select the automatic rebuild option you have the following choices withi...

Page 58: ...Monitor Drive Status Color Definition Solution Green The drive is active Red The drive is in a failed state That is a write has occurred to a Safe volume while the disk drive was offline Replace the f...

Page 59: ...Solution White Temperature is normal Yellow Temperature is greater than 40 C 104 F Verify that there are no obstructions to airflow in the front and back of the LaCie Biggest S2S unit Red Temperature...

Page 60: ...n LED 1 Once the host scan is complete LED 1 is lit for each drive present During disk operations LED 0 flashes as data is transferred to and from the drive and the host If a Safe volume is being rebu...

Page 61: ...wered on the host scans the disks in sequence as indicated by a brief flash of lights on LED 1 Once the host scan is complete LED 1 is lit for each drive present During disk operations LED 0 flashes a...

Page 62: ...system based on UNIX and is pref erable for users developing UNIX based applications within Mac OS 10 x Unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX File System you should instead format your dri...

Page 63: ...s and auditing as well as the ability to mirror drives and RAID 5 capabilities The minimum supported volume size for NTFS is 10MB with a maximum of 2TB with no limit to file size Volumes created in NT...

Page 64: ...that will help spur widespread implementa tion Performance Serial ATA is a point to point topol ogy and does not have to share the bus instead dedi cating full bandwidth to the device These dedicated...

Page 65: ...ability and cost effectiveness Serial ATA can be implemented in a wide range of settings from desktop usage to network storage applications Seamless integration Serial ATA maintains register and softw...

Page 66: ...the array is lost Storage capacity is determined by the smallest disk in the array and the smallest disk s capacity is applied to all of the other disks in the array So for instance if you had four di...

Page 67: ...ge capacity of a single disk because the same data is duplicated on both disks However the 100 percent redundancy of data does not require a rebuild in the case of a drive failure In that case data ca...

Page 68: ...is configuration you must have an even num ber of disks so in the case of the LaCie Biggest S2S you would need to have four hard disks installed Characteristics and Advantages Implemented as a mirrore...

Page 69: ...of partitioning While partitioning creates two of more logical drives out of one physical drive JBOD uses two or more physi cal drives to make one logical drive Storage capacity of determined by addi...

Page 70: ...help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device If your manual does not reflect the configurations of the product that you purchased please check our Web site for the most c...

Page 71: ...n alternate PCI X PCI Express slot Try the HBA in a PCI slot Operating system does not recog nize one or more of the Biggest S2S volumes Verify recognition of empty storage device by HBA BIOS Before d...

Page 72: ...ct Event log within the Edit menu in the Status window The Event Log screen displays a list of events in a tabular format The Date column displays the date and time of the event the Box SN and Drive S...

Page 73: ...ed yourself all of the pertinent ques tions in the troubleshooting checklist and you still can t get your LaCie drive to work properly contact us via the contacts on page 34 Before contacting us make...

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Page 75: ...om one of the Drive Bays was removed or replaced by someone other than a LaCie techni cian or a repair technician authorized by LaCie LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data d...

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