LaCie 301160U - 1TB Ethernet Disk RAID Network Attached Storage User Manual
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
User Manual page Table of Contents Health and Safety Precautions General Use Precautions 1. Introduction to the LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID 2. About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID 2.1. Package Content 2.2. Minimum System Requirements 2.2. Views of the System 3. - Page 2 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Table of Contents User Manual page 5.6.1. Changing the Recovery Password 5.6.2. Configuring Remote Boot 5.6.3. Deleting a Backup 5.6.4. Deleting a Client 5.7. Advanced Management 5.7.1. Alerts 5.7.2. Firmware 5.7.3. USB 5.7.4. System 5.7.5. Network 5.7.6.
- Page 3 10. Understanding RAID and Storage Policies 10.1. RAID 0 10.2. RAID 1 10.3. RAID 5 10.4. RAID 5 + Spare 10.5. RAID 10 (RAID 1 + 0) 11. Contacting Customer Support 11.1. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 12. Warranty Information Glossary...
- Page 4 Apple Computer, Modifications to this product not of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject Inc. Microsoft, Windows 98, Windows authorized by LaCie could void the to the following conditions: 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Mil- FCC & Industry Canada regulations...
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Page 5: Health And Safety Precautions
Health and Safety Precautions Only qualified persons are autho- Do not open your LaCie Ethernet ernet Disk RAID, as they may spill ❖ rized to carry out maintenance on this Disk RAID or attempt to disas- into its openings. - Page 6 Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the ImpOrTANT INfO: 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 Ethernet Disk Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Introduction User Manual page 1. Introduction to the LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID The LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID is an intelligent network storage solution for small and medium-sized offices and home network environments. It provides hard disk space for both shared files and backups of your computer hard disks, offering an ideal way to distribute and protect important data. -
Page 8: About Your Lacie Ethernet Disk Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 2. About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID 2.1. Package Content LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID tower with 4 removable drive trays and hard drives Ethernet cable Power supply cable... -
Page 9: Minimum System Requirements
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 2.2. Minimum System Requirements Component Requirement ■ ■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, Firefox 1.06 or above Web Browser TCP/IP networking environment. Network Environment Operating Systems for Folder Access... -
Page 10: Views Of The System
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 2.2. Views of the System Front View ■ Hard Disk Activity LEDs – Network Connection 1 Activity LED– Blink- ing green indicates Ethernet activity. Continuous GREEN indicates the drive is avail- ❖... - Page 11 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Front View (continued) ■ Global Disk Status LED – System Status LED – Continuous GREEN indicates hard disk health Continuous GREEN indicates the system is ❖...
- Page 12 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID About Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Rear View ■ System Fan Reset Button – Press the Reset Button for three seconds to revert the unit to the system defaults. USB 2.0 Ports –...
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Page 13: Installing Your Lacie Ethernet Disk Raid
Installing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 3. Installing Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Installation of the LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID is easy, just follow the steps below to install it: Step 1 Connecting the Ethernet Disk RAID to the network... -
Page 14: Turning On The Ethernet Disk Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Installing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 3.2. Turning On the Ethernet Disk RAID Insert the power cable into the power outlet on the back of the unit and plug the other end into a power socket. -
Page 15: Configuring Your Lacie Ethernet Disk Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 4. Configuring Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Follow the steps below to configure your Ethernet Disk RAID: Step 1 Installing the Ethernet Disk RAID Page 16 Console... -
Page 16: Installing The Ethernet Disk Raid Console
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or ROM drive. Firefox 1.06 or newer installed as well. In addi- Your default browser will open a LaCie Ethernet tion, one of those browsers must be your default Disk RAID page. Select Applications from the top browser. -
Page 17: Starting The Console
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 4.2. Starting the Console Once you have installed the Console (as described in section 4.1. Installing the Console), use the following procedure to start it: Click Start... -
Page 18: Initializing The Disks
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 4.3. Initializing the Disks Once you have installed the Console (as described in If not all the hard disks have been detected, or if you section 5.2. Logging In to the... -
Page 19: Configuring With The First Use Wizard
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 4.4. Configuring with the First Use Wizard Once your Ethernet Disk RAID has been initialized (as described in section 4.3. Initializing the Ethernet Disk RAID), follow these steps to run the System Setup... - Page 20 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 Click Next to accept the default name (Storage), or enter a name you prefer and then click Next. The name can be up to 15 characters long and can include letters, numbers, and hyphens.
- Page 21 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page When you click Next, the Disk Space Distribution page appears (Fig. 4.4.F.). To accept how the disk space will be proportioned for shared folders and backups (only 200 MB will be allocated for shared folders), click Finish.
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Page 22: Usb Devices
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Configuring Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 4.5. USB Devices 4.5.1. Attaching USB Devices ■ If you purchased optional USB external storage de- vices, you can attach them to the USB ports on the back of the unit (see in Fig. -
Page 23: Managing Your Lacie Ethernet Disk Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5. Managing Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID – Change the system The Web-based Manager enables you perform a Changing the System Settings ❖ number of tasks to help you get the most from your... -
Page 24: Accessing The Manager
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.1. Accessing the Manager To access the Manager using the Console: To access the Manager using a Web browser: Start the Console and connect to the Ethernet Disk... -
Page 25: Navigating The Manager
Advanced Contact Us Provides access to advanced Ethernet Disk RAID Provides a link to the LaCie technical support web site. configuration options, such as setting up e-mail alerts; upgrading the firmware; removing USB devices; chang- ing the system, network, or disk configuration settings;... -
Page 26: Storage Status Tab
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.3.1. Storage Status Tab ■ The Storage Status view displays information about the total storage capacity on the Ethernet Disk RAID, how much disk space is allocated for shared folders, how much is currently used by backups, and how much is available for either. -
Page 27: Managing Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.4. Managing Users When you click Users in the navigation bar, the ers & Computers page appears. This page displays a list of all currently configured Windows and Mac OS X us- ers, as well as all Linux and other Mac computers. - Page 28 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page To add a user: In the navigation bar, click Users. The Users & Com- puters page appears (see Fig. 5.4.1.A.). Click Add. Select the type of user you want to add, and then click Next.
- Page 29 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Enter the requested user information and click Done. Windows/Mac OS X Users (CIFS) ■ Enter the user name and password for accessing the If the user name and TeChNICAl NOTe: shared folders.
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Page 30: Modifying Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 5.4.2. Modifying Users ■ For Windows and Mac OS X users, you can change To change the user name TeChNICAl NOTe: the password used to access the shared folders, but not or computer description, you must remove the ex- the user name. -
Page 31: Removing Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Linux/Other Mac Users (NFS) ■ Enter the computer’s IP address or the actual com- TeChNICAl NOTe: If the user is currently puter name in the computer’s system configuration. -
Page 32: Working With Groups
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.4.4. Working with Groups ■ Windows and Mac OS X users can be put into groups, which makes it easier to give several users access to the same shared folder at once. - Page 33 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Specify which users should belong to this group, and TeChNICAl NOTe: To select multiple, con- then click OK. See the table, below. tiguous users, hold down the...
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Page 34: Changing The Group Membership
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.4.4.2. Changing the Group Membership You can change which users are members of each group at any time. When you add a user to a group, that user immediately has access to all the shared folders that the group is authorized to access. -
Page 35: Removing A Group
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.4.4.3. Removing a Group In the navigation bar, click Users. Removing a group does TeChNICAl NOTe: not remove the users that are members of that In the left pane, click Groups. -
Page 36: Managing Shared Folders
Folders). 5.5.1. Creating Shared Folders ■ By default, the LaCie Ehternet Disk RAID includes ers), the Ethernet Disk RAID automatically creates a a shared folder named public, which all Windows and shared folder with the same name as the person’s user Mac OS X users can access (unless you change the list name. - Page 37 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Specify which type of user will be accessing this shared folder, and then click Next. In the Shared folder name text box (Fig. 5.5.1.C), enter a unique name for the shared folder, and then click Next.
- Page 38 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page In the Unauthorized users list, select the name of the TeChNICAl NOTe: If you created groups user who should be able to access this shared folder (as described in section 5.4.4.1.
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Page 39: Changing User Access To Shared Folders
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.5.2. Changing User Access to Shared Folders ■ When you add a user to the list of authorized users You can change which users can access any folder or for a shared folder or USB disk, that change takes ef- USB disk and what level of access they have. - Page 40 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 The page that appears next varies, depending on what type of users can access the shared folder you selected. Windows/Mac OS X User (CIFS) Linux/Other Mac User (NFS) ■...
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Page 41: Deleting A Shared Folder
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page TeChNICAl NOTe: If you created groups (as described in section 5.4.4.1. Adding a Group), you can perform this step with groups as ❖ well. This page shows all groups and all users. For example, if you created a group named Group1, and added User2 and... -
Page 42: Managing Backups
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.6. Managing Backups Once the users have used Windows Backup Soft- about recovering a disk using the recovery CD, refer ware to back up their computer hard disks to the Eth- to section 7.9.3. -
Page 43: Configuring Remote Boot
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.6.2. Configuring Remote Boot ■ Normally, when you enable remote boot for a cli- of Computer2’s backups and recover that disk to Com- ent computer (as described in section 7.8.1. -
Page 44: Deleting A Backup
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.6.3. Deleting a Backup ■ You can delete all backups of a given disk, but you ImpOrTANT INfO: If you delete all backups cannot delete just an individual backup from a specific of all disks for a particular computer, that comput- date and time. -
Page 45: Deleting A Client
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.6.4. Deleting a Client ■ If you remove the Windows Backup Software soft- TeChNICAl NOTe: If you delete a client and ware from a particular computer, or if you change the... -
Page 46: Advanced Management
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7. Advanced Management 5.7.1. Alerts ■ Alerts page allows you to set up the Ethernet Disk RAID to notify up to three people via email if a problem occurs—for example, if one of the disks fails, or... - Page 47 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page tion, no authentication will be performed. 6. If your e-mail server cannot use the default sender e- mail address (root@localhost), or if you want the in- dividuals who receive e-mail notifications to be able...
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Page 48: Firmware
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.2. Firmware ■ Firmware page displays the current version of the firmware that is installed on your Ethernet Disk RAID. It also allows you to upgrade it if newer firmware becomes available. -
Page 49: Usb
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.3. USB ■ The USB page displays a list of all USB devices that are currently attached to the Ethernet Disk RAID. USB disks are identified by the names usbdisk1 and usbdisk2. -
Page 50: System
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 5.7.4. System ■ System page displays the settings that you spec- ified when you initially configured the Ethernet Disk RAID, such as the system name, and the current date and time. - Page 51 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Make the desired changes: System Settings Options ■ To change this Do this The system name In the Storage system name text box, enter the new name to use for the Ethernet Disk RAID.
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Page 52: Network
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.5. Network ■ Network page (Fig. 5.7.5) displays the network settings that were set when you initially configured the Ethernet Disk RAID. (Only the first Ethernet port was configured during setup. - Page 53 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page To change any of the network settings: In the navigation bar, click Advanced. In the left pane, click Network. Make the desired changes: Network Settings Options ■...
- Page 54 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Network Settings Options ■ To change this Do this The IP address(es) used by the Ethernet Disk In the Port 1 group box, either select Get an IP address automatically...
- Page 55 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page Network Settings Options ■ To change this Do this The packet size for transferring Specify whether or not to transfer larger data packets between the data Ethernet Disk RAID and the computers in your network by selecting...
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Page 56: Reconfiguring The Disks
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.6. Reconfiguring the Disks ■ Disks page displays information about all the hard disks that are currently installed in your Ethernet Disk RAID. This page includes the following details: The disk configuration (that is, whether the disks use ❖... -
Page 57: Expanding The Shared Storage
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.6.1. Expanding the Shared Storage The disk space on your Ethernet Disk RAID is di- vided into two portions. One portion is for shared fold- ers; the other is for backups of your computer disks. -
Page 58: Reconfiguring The Disks
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.6.2. Reconfiguring the Disks Changing the disk configuration CAUTION: will delete all user information and all data on all the disks. Before you do this, have all the users disconnect from all shared folders (as described in section 5.3. - Page 59 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page configuration is used for a single hard disk, RAID 1 is used for two hard disks, and RAID 5 is used for three or four hard disks.
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Page 60: System Status
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 0 5.7.7. System Status ■ When you click Advanced in the navigation bar and click System Status in the left pane, you can view many of the operational parameters of your Ethernet... -
Page 61: System Log
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.8. System Log ■ System Log page displays a list of events that have occurred on the Ethernet Disk RAID. Reviewing this list can help you identify and resolve any problems that you might encounter. -
Page 62: Shut Down
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Managing Your Ethernet Disk RAID User Manual page 5.7.9. Shut Down ■ To shut down the Ethernet Disk RAID, you can press the power button on the unit itself, or you can shut the system down remotely using the Manager. -
Page 63: Working With Shared Folders
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6. Working With Shared Folders 6.1. Accessing Shared Folders Once you have added users and created shared fold- If you change the IP ImpOrTANT INfO: ers (as described in section 5.4.1. -
Page 64: Using My Computer Or Windows Explorer
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.1.1.1. Using My Computer or Windows Explorer To access a shared folder using My Computer or Windows Explorer: Open My Computer Windows Explorer. From the Tools menu, click Map Network Drive. -
Page 65: Using The Console
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.1.1.2. Using the Console To access a shared folder using the Console: Install the Console (as described in section 3.2.1. In- stalling the Console). Click Start Programs Storage System Con- sole. - Page 66 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page In the left pane, double-click the name of the Ether- net Disk RAID that contains the shared folders that you want to access. If your Ethernet Disk RAID uses both available ports to connect to the network, you can double- click either name.
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Page 67: Linux Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.1.2. Linux Users ■ 6.1.2.1. Using NFS To access a shared folder on a computer running Linux: Create a directory by entering the following com- mand at the command prompt: mkdir /my_directory where my_directory is the name of the directory. -
Page 68: Using Smbfs
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.1.2.2. Using SMBFS On Linux, the SMBFS file system along with smb- mount and smbclient tools can be used to mount remote samba shares onto a local Linux file system. Most of the Linux distributions include SMBFS support by default. -
Page 69: Mac Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.1.3. Mac Users ■ The procedure for accessing a shared folder on a Mac varies, depending on whether the Mac is running OS X or an older operating system. (Macs running OS X can access the same shared CIFS folders as Windows users. -
Page 70: Accessing Shared Folders Using Ftp
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 0 6.2. Accessing Shared Folders Using FTP If you enabled the Ethernet Disk RAID to act as an Even if you changed the TeChNICAl NOTe: FTP server (as described in section 5.7.5. -
Page 71: Disconnecting From Shared Folders
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.3. Disconnecting from Shared Folders If you need to reconfigure the disks in your Ether- change will not take effect until the user shuts down the net Disk RAID or shut it down for any reason, all us- computer. -
Page 72: Linux Users
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Working with Shared Folders User Manual page 6.3.2. Linux Users ■ Unmount the desired shared folder by entering the fol- lowing command: umount /my_directory where my_directory is the name of the local directory. For example, if you mounted the shared folder using the following command: mount 192.168.0.101:/nas/NASDisk-00002/public /... -
Page 73: Protecting Local Disks
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7. Protecting Local Disks Even if most of your data is stored and protected on your Ethernet Disk RAID, your operating system files, applications, and many other files still reside on each individual computer in your network. -
Page 74: Getting Started
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.1. Getting Started 7.1.1. System Requirements ■ Each computer where Windows Backup Software is installed must have the following: TeChNICAl NOTe: A CD-ROM drive is Windows Users ■ not required for installation if an image of the CD Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Pro- ❖... -
Page 75: Additional Requirements
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.1.2. Additional Requirements ■ In addition to the system requirements, the follow- Previous releases allowed ImpOrTANT INfO: ing criteria must be met: the use of underscores (_) in the computer name. -
Page 76: Installing Windows Backup Software
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 4. On the first page of the installation wizard, click TeChNICAl NOTe: You do not have to con- Next. figure the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. Windows Backup Software will configure it for you auto- 5. - Page 77 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page Click to go to the Microsoft website and then click to cancel the installation of Windows Backup Software. On the Microsoft website, click iSCSI Software Initiator v2.0, and follow the instructions in section 7.1.3.
- Page 78 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 10. On the welcome page, click Next. The license agree- ment appears. See Fig. 7.4.1.E. 11. If you agree to the terms of the license agreement, select I accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Next.
- Page 79 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 13. To complete the installation and restart your com- puter, click Finish. If you do not want to restart your computer at this time, select No, I will restart my computer later then click Finish.
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Page 80: Starting Windows Backup Software
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 7.1.5. Starting Windows Backup Software ■ To start Windows Backup Software, do either of the following: Click Start Programs Client Backup and ❖ Recovery If the Windows Backup Software Agent is running ❖... -
Page 81: Activating Your License
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.1.6. Activating Your License ■ When you install Windows Backup Software and restart your computer, you are prompted to license the product. If your computer has an Internet connection, the license is activated automatically. -
Page 82: Activating Your License With An Internet Connection
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.1.7. Activating Your License with an Internet Connection ■ If your license wasn’t activated because your com- puter has no Internet connection, you must obtain an activation code using another computer that does have both an Internet connection and e-mail. -
Page 83: Protecting Your Disks
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.2. Protecting Your Disks After you install Windows Backup Software and Before you protect a disk, it is recommended that restart your computer, the Protect a Disk wizard runs you confirm that sufficient space is available on the Eth- automatically. - Page 84 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page Recommendations: wizard. Then run the wizard again and protect the If your computer has only one disk with one parti- ❖ tion, select the disk. other partition. This provides complete protection with maximum flexibility.
- Page 85 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 4. If no Ethernet Disk RAIDs are automatically dis- TeChNICAl NOTe: If an authentication er- covered, or if you want to back up your disk to a dif- ror occurs, make sure the name or IP address of...
- Page 86 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 6. If you previously protected this disk and removed pro- tection, specify whether or not you want to re-use the existing backup or create a new one. See Fig. 7.2.D.
- Page 87 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page Specify when you want backups to occur. For example, if you want backups to occur every day, select Daily from the Recurrence list. If you want back- ups to occur once a week, select the day of the week...
- Page 88 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 8. If you ever need to recover your disk using the re- covery CD or remotely boot from a backup on the Ethernet Disk RAID, you’ll be prompted for a pass- word.
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Page 89: Manually Backing Up Your Disk
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.3. Manually Backing Up Your Disk Once you protect a disk, it is automatically backed up at regular intervals (unless you chose Not Sched- uled from the Recurrence list when you completed the schedule). -
Page 90: Stopping A Backup Or Recovery In Progress
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 7.4. Stopping a Backup or Recovery in Progress Once a backup or recovery starts, you can stop it at any time – for example, if you notice that your system is not responding as quickly as you’... -
Page 91: Changing The Backup Schedule
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.5. Changing the Backup Schedule When you protect a disk, you specify when you want backups to occur. However, you can change this sched- ule at any time as long as the Status page indicates that the Status is Normal. -
Page 92: Receiving Event Notifications
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.6. Receiving Event Notifications When you install Windows Backup Software, the To close the Agent: Client Backup and Recovery Event Viewer is also in- In the system tray, right-click the Agent icon ( stalled. -
Page 93: Changing The Recovery Password
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.7. Changing the Recovery Password The same password is TeChNICAl NOTe: When you protect a disk, you specify what password used for all disks backed up to the same Ethernet to use for recovering the disk using the recovery CD or Disk RAID. -
Page 94: Enabling Or Disabling Remote Boot
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.8. Enabling or Disabling Remote Boot If you need to recover your system disk or partition, CAUTION: It is strongly recommended that using the recovery CD is recommended (as described... -
Page 95: Enabling Remote Boot
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.8.1. Enabling Remote Boot ■ To enable remote boot: In the Protected disk list on any page, select your system disk or partition. If you protected multiple system disks or partitions, select the first system disk or partition on your computer (typically Disk 0). -
Page 96: Disabling Remote Boot
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 6. When a message appears, advising you that drivers will be installed, click OK. 7. When the drivers are installed, one or more mes- If remote boot was suc-... -
Page 97: Recovering Data
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.9. Recovering Data With Windows Backup Software, there are sev- You can continue to use your computer for other eral ways to recover data from your backups. The best... -
Page 98: Recovering Files Or Folders
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.9.1. Recovering Files or Folders ■ To recover selected folders, files, or sections of files from a backup: Click Restore. In the Protected disks list, select the disk that con- tains the folders or files that you want to recover. - Page 99 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page TeChNICAl NOTes: If the first drive letter after your local disks is mapped to a shared network folder, you must use Disk Management ❖ to change the drive letter assigned to the backup view so that you can access it.
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Page 100: Recovering A Data Disk
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 00 7.9.2. Recovering a Data Disk ■ You can recover a data disk or partition only as long When you recover a data disk or CAUTION: as Windows Backup Software is not installed on that... - Page 101 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 7. If any backup views are open (including backup views TeChNICAl NOTe: You can cancel this op- of disks other than the one you are recovering), click eration at any time by clicking Stop Current Ac- to close them.
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Page 102: Recovering A System Disk Using The Recovery Cd
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 7.9.3. Recovering a System Disk Using the Recovery CD ■ Although the recovery CD is used primarily for re- When you use the recovery CD, you boot your com-... - Page 103 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 mation about your computer and send it to Techni- cal Support to see if an updated recovery CD or an appropriate driver is available. To do this, select Save,...
- Page 104 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 and then select Disable to change the Status to Dis- abled. Repeat this procedure for each NIC that you do not want to use. Then select Next. In the...
- Page 105 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 tion, and S for system disk). For example, if you pro tected both a system partition and a data partition, the system partition will be labeled PS, and the data partition will be labeled simply P.
- Page 106 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 13. If you’re simply overwriting corrupted data on the same disk that you protected previously, select this option. Only the data that differs between the backup and the local disk will be copied to the local disk. This can minimize the impact to the network, although the scanning process takes some additional time.
- Page 107 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 19. When the completion screen appears, review the re- sults and do one of the following: Recovery Options ■ To accomplish this Do this Recover another disk or Select Recover Another Disk.
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Page 108: Recovering A System Disk Using While Booting Remotely
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 7.9.4. Recovering a System Disk Using While Booting Remotely ■ If your computer meets the necessary prerequisites, If you replaced the ImpOrTANT INfO: you can remotely boot it from a backup on your Ether-... - Page 109 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 Recovering the Disk ■ Start your computer. Use the appropriate procedure for your system to configure it to boot from the NIC. For example, you might press F12 when the boot menu appears.
- Page 110 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 0 10. Click Restore. Protected disk list displays the disk or parti- tion that you are currently booting from. See Fig. 7.9.3.1-A. Fig. 7.9.4.A 11. In the Backups list, select the most recent backup.
- Page 111 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 12. Click Restore Disk. The Restore dialog box ap- pears. See Fig. 6.9.3.1-B. 13. Specify whether you are recovering to the original disk or a new disk. If you are recovering to a new disk, select the desired disk from the list.
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Page 112: Removing Protection
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Protecting Local Disks User Manual page 7.9.5. Removing Protection ■ If you no longer want to back up a particular disk or partition, you can remove protection as long as a recov- ery is not currently in progress for that disk or partition. -
Page 113: Troubleshooting
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page 8. Troubleshooting This section provides general information about common problems that you might have with your Ethernet Disk RAID and Windows Backup Software and steps you can take to resolve them. - Page 114 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page Problem Solution ■ ■ The users can’t Make sure the Ethernet Disk RAID is powered on, connected to the network, and operating ❖ access the shared properly. folders. Make sure the user configuration is correct.
- Page 115 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page Problem Solution ■ ■ The users cannot Make sure that Enable FTP server is selected on the Network page (as described in section 5.7.5. access the Ethernet Network ) and that the users are using the correct address for accessing the Ethernet Disk RAID...
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Page 116: Troubleshooting Windows Backup Software
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page 8.2. Troubleshooting Windows Backup Software Problem Solution ■ ■ The disk that I Windows Backup Software does not support dynamic disks. These types of disks are automati- want to protect isn’t cally filtered from the list of disks that you can protect. - Page 117 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page Problem Solution ■ ■ The Status page Make sure the storage system is powered on. ❖ indicates that the Check the network connection to the storage system. ❖ backup is offline.
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Page 118: Creating A Diagnostic File
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page Problem Solution ■ ■ I forgot my recovery Reset the password using the storage system (see section 5.6, Managing Backups). Once you password. reset it on the storage system, you can use the new password with the recovery CD or for booting remotely from the storage system. -
Page 119: Resetting The Recovery Password In The Microsoft Iscsi Initiator
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Troubleshooting User Manual page 8.4. Resetting the Recovery Password in the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator The recovery password used by the recovery CD and disks at all. for booting remotely is actually the Microsoft iSCSI This problem can also occur if you change the recov- Initiator* CHAP secret. -
Page 120: Technical Specifications
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Technical Specifications User Manual page 0 9. Technical Specifications 9.1. Hardware Specification Component Specification ■ ■ Processor 400-MHz Intel® IOP80219 Memory 256 MB 32-bit DDR SDRAM Flash 32-MB NOR Flash Hard Drive Supports up to four 3.5-in SATA-I hard drives from 80 GB to 500 GB... -
Page 121: Software Specification
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Technical Specifications User Manual page 9.2. Software Specification Component Specification ■ ■ Operating System Linux Kernel 2.6.10 Network Service DHCP client/server (default IP address for Port 1 is 192.168.0.101) Supported Web Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0* ❖... -
Page 122: Understanding Raid And Storage Policies
User Manual page 10. Understanding RAID and Storage Policies Your LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID supports several different RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 5+spare, and 10 (1+0). This section will help you decide which RAID level is right for your application. -
Page 123: Raid
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 10.1. RAID 0 Striped Disk Array Without Fault Tolerance Characteristics and Advantages ■ Also called striping, this level offers high transfer Data is broken down into blocks and each block ❖... - Page 124 LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 10.2. RAID 1 Mirroring and Duplexing Characteristics and Advantages ■ Also called mirroring, this level makes a duplicate Can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failures ❖ write on a second or “mirror” disk every time data is in most cases written to a primary disk.
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Page 125: Raid 5
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 10.3. RAID 5 Data Striping with Striped Parity Like RAID 0, RAID 5 offers increased performance Characteristics and Advantages ■ by distributing the data across multiple disks. But unlike Highest Read data transaction rate RAID 0, RAID 5 also offers data protection. -
Page 126: Raid 5 + Spare
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 10.4. RAID 5 + Spare In a RAID 5 + spare configuration, three of the disks use RAID 5, and the fourth is empty. If any of the... -
Page 127: Raid 10 (Raid 1 + 0)
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 10.5. RAID 10 (RAID 1 + 0) RAID 10 is similar to RAID 1, but rather than hav- Characteristics and Advantages ing one disk mirror to one other disk, two disks mirror ■... -
Page 128: 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 in chapter 12.1 Bef ore contacting us, make Information to Include in Email Correspondence ■... -
Page 129: Lacie Technical Support Contacts
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID RAID and Storage Policies User Manual page 11.1. 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 130: 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 ❖... -
Page 131: Glossary
LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID Glossary User Manual page Glossary backup view – A backup that has been assigned a drive remote boot – The process of booting your computer letter and can be opened and explored using My Com-...