LaCie Biggest S2S
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3.4. Set Up the Biggest S2S
Setting Up Your Biggest S2S
Power down the host PC.
Attach the external Serial ATA cable to the external
SATA connector on your host computer. The con-
nector is keyed and can only be installed in one ori-
entation. Connect the other end of the cable to the
LaCie Biggest S2S.
The LaCie Biggest S2S supports five drives, which
are delivered inside it. In case of drive failure, do not
try to replace the drive yourself; your warranty will
become void. Please contact your vendor.
Plug the AC cable into the LaCie Biggest S2S and
the proper AC receptacle, and then turn on the La-
Cie Biggest S2S using the switch on the back panel.
Turn on the host computer and install the Configura-
tion User Interface software from the supplied CD.
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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 Chapter 9,
Understand-
ing RAID and Biggest S2S Storage Policies
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The disks shipped with the unit are formatted
HFS+.
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ImpOrTANT INfO:
The disks shipped with
the LaCie Biggest S2S are formatted HFS+. To
use the drives with Windows operating systems or
for cross-platform use between Mac and PC, the
drives must be reformatted. For more information,
see section 8.2.
File System Formats
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3.5. Set Up the Biggest S2S Disk Drives
3.5.1. Windows Users
The LaCie Biggest S2S box houses five configurable
disk drives.
Plug the LaCie Biggest S2S into an outlet and flip
the LaCie Biggest S2S power switch to
ON
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Attach the Storage Appliance to the LaCie SATA II
Card with an external SATA cable.
To view the disk drives, right-click on the
My Com-
puter
icon and then select
Manage
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