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LaCie Biggest S2S

User Manual

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Forward 

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Health and Safety Precautions 

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General Use Precautions 

5

1. Introduction 

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1.1. LaCie Biggest S2S Capabilities 

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2. Your Biggest S2S 

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2.1. Minimum System Requirements 

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2.2. Package Content 

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2.3. Views of the Drive 

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2.3.1. Front View 

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2.3.2. Rear View 

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2.4. Cables and Connectors 

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2.4.1. Serial ATA II and eSATA 

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3. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S2S 

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3.1. Storage Policies 

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3.2. Installation Prerequisites 

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

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3.4. Set Up the Biggest S2S 

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3.5. Set Up the Biggest S2S Disk Drives 

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3.5.1. Windows Users 

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3.5.2. Mac Users 

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3.6. Install the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager 

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3.6.1. Windows Users 

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3.6.2. Mac Users 

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4. Using your LaCie Biggest S2S 

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4.1. To run the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager  

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4.1.1. Windows 

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4.1.2. Mac OS X 

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4.1.3. Biggest S2S Manager Launch Sequence (Mac OS X) 

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4.2. Customize Password 

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4.3. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Status Window 

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4.4. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Configuration Mode 

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4.4.1. Basic Configuration Mode 

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4.4.1.1. Configure JBOD (Bypass) 

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4.4.1.2. Configure Safe 

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4.4.1.3. Configure Fast 

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4.4.1.4. Configure Big 

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4.4.1.5. Configure Safe + Big 

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4.4.1.6. Configure Safe + Fast 

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 74: ...com fr 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 com jp contact LaCie Netherlan...

Страница 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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