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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents page User Manual Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Introduction to the LaCie 2big Network I want to: 1.1. Box Content 1.2. Minimum System Requirements 1.3. Hard Drive Heat Management 1.4. Racking Options 1.5. - Page 3 5.1. 2big Network RAID Modes 5.2. Changing the RAID Mode 5.3. Replacing Drives 5.3.1. Installing a New Drive 5.3.2. Initializing the New Drive 6. LED Indicators 7. Troubleshooting 8. Contacting Customer Support 8.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 9. Warranty Information...
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Page 5: Health And Safety Precautions
Power require- ❖ or use it near water, or in damp or ments 100-240 V~, X.x A, 60-50 Do not open your LaCie 2big Net- ❖ wet conditions. Never place objects Hz, (Supply voltage fluctuations not work or attempt to disassemble or containing liquids on the LaCie exceeding ±... - Page 6 Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you keep copies of your data;...
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Page 7: Introduction To The Lacie 2Big Network
1. Introduction to the LaCie 2big Network Congratulations on your purchase of a LaCie 2big Network. Designed to satisfy the data sharing and backup needs of small offices, the LaCie 2big Network represents the new generation of shared storage with security. -
Page 8: Box Content
Introduction page User Manual 1.1. Box Content Your LaCie 2big package contains the system tower with attached drive stand and an accessories box con- taining items 2-5, listed below. LaCie 2big RAID system tower with two tray- less, hot-swappable hard drives... -
Page 9: Minimum System Requirements
LaCie 2big Network Introduction page User Manual 1.2. Minimum System Requirements Windows Users Mac Users Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, ❖ Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X ❖ Windows XP (SP1 & SP2) or Windows Vista G4, G5, Intel Core Duo or Intel Core 2 Duo ❖... -
Page 10: Hard Drive Heat Management
This will allow for some airflow between your drives so that the heat dissipation can work effectively - especially if your LaCie drive does not in- clude a fan. LaCie does not recommend stacking or racking more than 3 drives on top of each other, especially if these drives are turned ON simultaneously. -
Page 11: Racking Options
19” computer equipment racks, using the La- position. Please refer to the instruction sheet included Cie Rackmount Kit or used with the LaCie d2 Desk with the drive stand for specific instructions. Rack (sold separately). Please refer to the instructions included with the LaCie Rackmount Kit or LaCie d2 Desk Rack for specific instructions. -
Page 12: Views Of The Drive
1.5. Views Of The Drive Front View/1-click Data Sharing ■ The blue button (A) on the front of the LaCie 2big is allows you automatically copy data to the 2big from a USB key. Just plug the USB key into a USB port on the back of the 2big and push the button. -
Page 13: Rear View
The 2big Network will ImpOrTANT INfO: restart automatically after a power failure. CAUTION: To avoid overheating, the LaCie 2big should be installed in a well-ventilated area Fig. 1.5-B and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow across the controller chips. Also ensure that the Ventilation Fan is not obstructed. -
Page 14: Cables And Connectors
LaCie 2big Network Introduction page User Manual 1.6. Cables and Connectors Gigabit Ethernet ■ Ethernet Symbol This icon will help you easily identify the ethernet interface. It appears on the back of the 2big Network and next to the Ethernet port connectors on certain computers. -
Page 15: Setting Up Your Lacie 2Big Network
LaCie 2big Network Setup page User Manual 2. Setting Up Your LaCie 2big Network Follow these steps to getting your 2big Network up and running: Setup Steps Step 1 2.1 Turning the Drive On Page 15 Step 2 2.2, Connecting the Ethernet Cable... -
Page 16: Turning The Drive On
TeChNICAl NOTe: supply. To be able to use this feature, you may need to purchase an appropriate adapter or cord. LaCie accepts no responsibility for any damage to the drive resulting from the use of an inappropriate adapter. Using an adapter other... -
Page 17: Connecting The Ethernet Cable
2.1, Turning the Drive Connect the Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on safe 100 the back of the LaCie 2big Network (Fig. 2.2-A). off auto on Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable into an available Ethernet port on your router (Fig. 2.2-B). -
Page 18: Connecting With Lacie Ethernet Agent (Windows)
(Fig. 2.3-B). LaCie Ethernet Agent Icon When Ethernet Agent finds your LaCie 2big Net- work, you can connect to any of the shares on the 2big Network, log in to the NAS administration page, con- figure the 2big Network’s network settings or map it as... - Page 19 User Manual To connect to the 2big Network: Select LaCie Ethernet Agent in Start/Programs. An Ethernet Agent icon will appear in the system tray (Fig. 2.3-C) and the Agent will automatically detect your 2big Network and any other storage devices on your network (Fig.
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Page 20: Connecting With The Ip Configurator Wizard (Mac)
Agent. The IP Configurator Wizard will help you get con- nected to your 2big Network and make initial settings. Insert the LaCie 2big Network CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The CD should appear on the desktop. Double- click the CD icon, then double-click “Install the... -
Page 21: Configuring The 2Big Network On A Lan Without A Dhcp Server
LaCie 2big Network. 2.5.1. Configure with LaCie Ethernet Agent (Windows) ■ The easiest way to modify your LaCie 2big Net- work’s network configuration on a PC is to use the LaCie Ethernet Agent. See section 2.3, Connecting... -
Page 22: Configure With Lacie Ip Configurator (Mac)
User Manual 2.5.2. Configure with LaCie IP Configurator (Mac) ■ The easiest way to modify your LaCie 2big Network’s network configuration on a Mac is to use the LaCie IP Configurator. See section 2.4. Connecting with the IP Configurator Wizard for information on installing the network configuration software. -
Page 23: Disconnecting The 2Big Network (Ethernet Connection)
LaCie 2big Network Setup page User Manual 2.6. Disconnecting the 2big Network (Ethernet Connection) There are two ways to disconnect the Ethernet con- nection: Move the power switch to the position. The ❖ system will shut down and power off. When the shutdown process is complete, you can safely remove the Ethernet cable. -
Page 24: Administering Your Lacie 2Big Network
(Mac users) or the Ethernet Agent (Windows users). When you log in as “admin”, you will see a series of blue navigation links on the left side of the page (Fig. 3) to help you navigate and configure the LaCie 2big Network: Section 3.4, Users: Add, delete or edit users, includ- ❖... -
Page 25: Accessing The Nas Administration Page
Figure 3.1-B (Fig. 3.1-B) http://IP address Find the IP address by running the LaCie IP Configurator Wizard on a Mac (section 2.4) or the LaCie Ethernet Agent on a PC (section 2.3). The IP addess of your LaCie TeChNICAl NOTe: 2big may be different than the IP address shown in Fig. -
Page 26: Setting The Display Language
– the fan has failed. The 2big Network will con- ❖ tinue to function with a failed fan, but overall system reliability is impacted. Contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie customer support in the even of a fan failure. Figure 3.3 See section 8.1, LaCie Customer Support Contacts. -
Page 27: Users
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.4. Users Click on the Users link in the navigation bar to open the User Accounts page. Use this page to create, edit and delete user accounts. Figure 3.4 3.4.1. Administrator Account ■... -
Page 28: Adding Users
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.4.2. Adding Users ■ To add a user account: Click on the User Accounts page (Fig. 3.4.2- A). The User Profile page opens (Fig. 3.4.2-B). Enter a login name in the “Login” field. -
Page 29: Setting User Access To Shares
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.4.3. Setting User Access to Shares ■ All of the shares on your 2big Network are listed on tab of each user’s profile page. Shares have Shares three access levels: Read & Write –... -
Page 30: About Access Privileges
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.4.5. About Access Privileges ■ Access privileges can be assigned to users on an in- dividual user basis or on a group basis. User-level access is more restrictive. Here is an example of the way access privileges work... -
Page 31: Groups
LaCie 2big Network administration page 0 User Manual 3.5. Groups Click on the link in the navigation bar to Groups open the Groups page. Use this page to create, edit and delete groups. If you use your 2big Network in an office setting... -
Page 32: Setting Group Access To Shares
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual Enter a name and description for the group. The de- scription only appears to the administrator as part of the Group Profile on this page. Select “enabled” to activate the group as soon as your changes are applied. -
Page 33: Deleting Groups
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.5.3. Deleting Groups ■ On the Groups page, check the box beside each group you want to delete and click Remove. Deleting a group does not de- ImpOrTANT INfO: lete the users within the group. Go to the Users page to delete user accounts. -
Page 34: Shares
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.6. Shares Click on the link in the navigation bar to Shares open the Shares page. Use this page to create, edit and delete shares. Figure 3.6 3.6.1. Creating Shares ■ To create a share: Click on the Shares page. -
Page 35: Creating A Share From A Usb Key
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual Select “Enable public access” to make the share ac- cessible in read/write mode to anyone. No password is needed to access the share. Select “Enable guest access” to require a password for read/write access. -
Page 36: Deleting Shares
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.6.3. Deleting Shares ■ On the Shares page, check the box beside each share you want to delete and click Remove. Deletion of the share could take just a few seconds to several minutes, depending on the size of the share. -
Page 37: System
2big Network including the Ma- chine name, the Windows workgoup, time zone and date and time. To change the machine name, highlight the machine name (“LaCie-Network” by default), delete it and enter a new name. Click Apply. ImpOrTANT INfO: The machine name can only contain the following characters ‘a-z’, ‘A-Z’, ‘0-9’, ‘-’... -
Page 38: Network
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual To change the time zone, click on the current time zone location to activate the time zone drop- down menu and select a location in your time zone. Click Apply. The 2big Network has a 5-min- TeChNICAl NOTe: ute time-out cycle. -
Page 39: Configure Ip Manually
User Manual 3.7.2.2. Configure IP Manually This method is used when the LaCie 2big Network is connected to a non-DHCP enabled network. In this case, you will need to manually assign the correct net- work settings for your LaCie 2big Network. Please check... -
Page 40: Disk
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.7.3. Disk ■ Use the disk page to format the 2big Network’s disks and view information about the disks and RAID level. To view information about the RAID mode, click on RAID tab. - Page 41 LaCie 2big Network administration page 0 User Manual 3.7.3.3. Accessing External Hard Drives Attached external hard drives and their partitions appears as shares on the Browse page. See section 4, Ac- cessing the Shared Storage. When shares are created from...
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Page 42: Status
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.7.4. Status ■ Click on under in the navigation Status System bar to display the system Status page (Fig. 3.7.4). On this page you can view the number of connect- ed users, disable file server services (Windows, Apple, HTTP, FTP) and view, download or delete the system log. -
Page 43: Saving And Loading System Configurations
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.7.5.1. Saving and Loading System Configurations It’s a good idea to save your system configuration in case the 2big needs to be reformatted or reset. You can then reload the configuration so that your settings, shares, groups and users are not lost. -
Page 44: Updating The System
LaCie 2big Network administration page User Manual 3.7.5.2. Updating the System Firmware updates may become available for the 2big Network. To install firmware updates: Download updates from www.lacie.com/support/ downloads/. Click the Update the system tab in Maintenance (Fig. 3.7.5.2). -
Page 45: System Log
User Manual 3.7.6. System Log ■ The system log allows you to review the type, date, time, source and event ID of activities on the LaCie 2big Network. To view the system log, select System > Status > View. -
Page 46: Accessing The Shared Storage
The simplest way to connect to a share is to select it from the Ethernet Agent menu. Start LaCie Ethernet Agent. Click on the Ethernet Agent icon in the task bar and select the share name from the menu (ex. “Sales” in Fig. -
Page 47: Map A Drive With Ethernet Agent (Windows)
Users – To access your shares under Windows 95 and 98, you will need to create a user on the LaCie 2big Network with the same user name and pass- word as your log in for Windows. This is due to a limitation in Microsoft’s operating system. -
Page 48: Nas Administration Page - Browse
LaCie 2big Network accessing Shared Storage page User Manual 4.3. NAS Administration Page – Browse To access files in NAS administration page, just log in. Regular users will have direct access to the shares on the 2big Network (Fig. 4.3), with no access to ad- ministrative features. -
Page 49: Downloading Files
LaCie 2big Network accessing Shared Storage page User Manual 4.3.2. Downloading Files ■ To download a file: Click on the share (folder) you want to download the file from. Download method depends on your browser: Internet Explorer: Right-click on the file name and ❖... -
Page 50: My Network Places - Windows Vista/Xp/2000 Users
4.4. My Network Places – Windows Vista/XP/2000 Users If you have just turned ImpOrTANT INfO: on the LaCie 2big Network, it may take a few mo- ments for it to appear on the network. To access the share in Windows, look in My... - Page 51 Find Now. Windows will search your system and after a little while, the LaCie 2big Network should appear in the result window. Click on the icon, and you will then be asked to enter a login name and password.
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Page 52: Mac Users
4.5. Mac Users imporTanT info: If you have just turned on the LaCie 2big Network, it may take a few mo- ments for the LaCie 2big Network to appear on the network. Run the IP Configurator Wizard (see section 2.3). -
Page 53: Linux Users
“LaCie-2big”. Select it and press 4.6. Linux Users Under KDE, open konqueror and type in the IP ad- dress of the LaCie 2big Network into the address field: For FTP access – ftp:// [IP address] ❖... -
Page 54: Raid
5.1. 2big Network RAID Modes Capacity varies depend- TeChNICAl NOTe: ing upon RAID mode. The LaCie 2big Network supports two RAID Big = total accessible capacity ❖ modes, Big (Concatenation) and Safe 100 (RAID 1). Safe 100 (RAID 1) = 50% capacity ❖... -
Page 55: Changing The Raid Mode
100 CAUTION: off auto on data stored on the LaCie 2big. If you have saved data on the drives, back up data before following these steps. To change the RAID mode: Insert a small, flat-blade screwdriver into the groove on the rotary switch and turn the screwdriver to the left or right to select a different mode (Fig. -
Page 56: Replacing Drives
In the event that an individual hard disk fails in Drive warranty will be ImpOrTANT INfO: the LaCie 2big, please contact your LaCie reseller or void if you replace the defective drive with a drive LaCie Customer Support. Please replace a defec- not provided by LaCie. -
Page 57: Initializing The New Drive
LaCie 2big Network raId page User Manual 5.3.2. Initializing the New Drive ■ When a new drive has been correctly installed into the 2big you will need to initialize the drive before the 2big can use it. To initialize a new drive: Sign in to the NAS administration page administra- tor account. -
Page 58: Led Indicators
LaCie 2big Network Led Indicators page User Manual 6. LED Indicators The LED indicators above the drive bays and the front LED indicate drive status and activity. Thiis sec- tion describes the behavior of the LED indicators. During Startup Front LED –... -
Page 59: Troubleshooting
LaCie 2big Network Troubleshooting page User Manual 7. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie 2big Network is not work- Manual Updates ■ ing correctly, please take a look at the Troubleshooting LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most... - Page 60 DHCP server and you cannot access your 2big Network, try checking your network. DHCP server’s log. To get the IP address, run the LaCie IP configurator software tool, which is located on the LaCie Storage Utilities CD-ROM. If your network is NOT managed by a DHCP server, the 2big Network uses its default IP address, which is 19X.x6X.x.100.
- Page 61 ■ ■ A user does not Has the administrator created In order for a another user to access the LaCie 2big Network, have access to that specific user? two conditions must be met: 1) the administrator must the LaCie 2big create and register a user with the appropriate privileges;...
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Page 62: Contacting Customer Support
If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent ques- computer, including CD/DVD burners tions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can’t get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us via the contacts on the following page. Before contacting Information to Include in Email Correspondence ■... -
Page 63: Lacie Technical Support Contacts
LaCie 2big Network Contacting Customer Support page User Manual 8.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts LaCie Asia, Singapore, and Hong Kong LaCie Australia Contact us at: Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/asia/contact/ http://www.lacie.com/au/contact/ LaCie Belgium LaCie Canada Contact us at: Contact us at: http://www.lacie.com/be/contact/ (Français) -
Page 64: Warranty Information
Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while us- ❖ maintenance conditions; ing a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for The drive is repaired, modified or altered, unless such ❖...