LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
4.1.2. Mac OS X 4.1.3. Biggest S2S Manager Launch Sequence (Mac OS X) 4.2. Customize Password 4.3. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Status Window 4.4. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Configuration Mode 4.4.1. Basic Configuration Mode 4.4.1.1. - Page 2 Table of Contents LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.2. Advanced Configuration Mode 4.4.2.1. A Look at the Advanced Configuration Mode 4.4.2.2. Advanced Configuration Mode Sections 4.4.2.2.1. Toolbar buttons 4.4.2.2.2. Command buttons 4.4.2.3. Configuring Multiple Volumes 4.4.2.4. Managing Configuration Files 4.4.2.4.1.
- Page 3 Table of Contents LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 10.2. LaCie Biggest S2S connection to LaCie SATA PCI-X/PCI-Express Card 10.3. Review Event Log 11. Contacting Customer Support 11.1. Before You Contact Technical Support 11.2. LaCie Technical Support Contacts 12. Warranty...
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Page 4: Forward
Forward Copyrights let on a circuit different from that to LaCie Biggest S2S Copyright © 2005 LaCie. All rights re- which the receiver is connected. Tested To Comply With FCC standards served. No part of this publication may •... -
Page 5: Health And Safety Precautions
• Never expose your device to rain, or A, 60-50 Hz, (Supply voltage fluctua- use it near water, or in damp or wet con- • Do not open your LaCie Biggest S2S tions not exceeding ± 10% of the nomi- ditions. Never place objects containing or attempt to disassemble or modify it. - Page 6 CD, DVD or Tape. LaCie offers a complete line of CD, DVD and Tape drives, and if you would like...
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Page 7: Introduction
RAID system is an ideal means to safe-guard valuable data while also stream-lining performance. The LaCie Biggest S2S is the ultimate approach to a flexible RAID solution, with its ability to manage vari- ous RAID levels (0, 1, 0+1, and JBOD). -
Page 8: Your Biggest S2S
External SATA cable connection between the LaCie • External SATA cable connection between the LaCie Biggest S2S Biggest S2S • LaCie SATA II 3Gb/s PCI-X Card 4E or PCI-Ex- • LaCie SATA II 3Gb/s PCI-X Card 4E or PCI-Ex- press Card (included) press Card (included) Software Windows •... -
Page 9: Package Content
Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 2.2. Package Content Your LaCie Biggest S2S should contain the following: LaCie Biggest S2S RAID system tower and 5 Drive Bays with hard disks Accessories Box Content Biggest S2S User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Views Of The Drive
Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 0 2.3. Views of the Drive 2.3.1. Front View Drive Bays – Each drive bay can hold one-inch high, 3.5-inch form factor Parallel ATA/IDE disk drive. Disk Status Indicator – Next to each drive, blue LED = disk not recognized, green LED = disk recognized Disk Activity Indicator –... -
Page 11: Rear View
Power Supply Fan Casing Fan Environmental Requirements: CAUTION: To avoid overheating, the LaCie Big- gest S2S should be installed in a well-ventilated area Temperature: 0 – 35° C (32 – 95° F) and in such a way as to maintain sufficient airflow Operation Humidity: 20 – 80%, non-condensing across the controller chips. -
Page 12: Cables And Connectors
2.4. Cables and Connectors 2.4.1. Serial ATA II and eSATA Your LaCie Biggest S2S uses the latest in SATA eSATA Cables and Connectors technology, featuring transfer rates of up to 3Gb/s. The Biggest S2S comes equipped with eSATA ports and re- These are the cables and connectors used to at- quires the use of an external SATA cable, (included). -
Page 13: Setting Up Your Lacie Biggest S2S
– In order to run the LaCie Biggest Page 16 S2S Manager, you must first install the LaCie SATA II 3Gb/s PCI 4E Card or PCI-Express Card and its associated driver. This setup allows a software and hardware link between the PC and the LaCie Biggest S2S. -
Page 14: Storage Policies
Striping provides im- proved performance but does not enhance reliability because there is no way to retrieve or reconstruct data stored on a failed drive. Please check the LaCie website for updates of the User’s Manual reflecting product updates. - Page 15 This allows software to overcome restrictions imposed by physical disk drives. Daemon Component of the Biggest S2S Manager responsible for status tracking and Safe volume rebuilds. See 4.4.5. Manage Client Connection to the Daemon, for further details regarding the daemon.
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Page 16: Installation Prerequisites
LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 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. -
Page 17: Set Up The Biggest S2S
LaCie Biggest S2S are formatted HFS+. To use the drives with Windows operating systems or Plug the AC cable into the LaCie Biggest S2S and for cross-platform use between Mac and PC, the the proper AC receptacle, and then turn on the La- drives must be reformatted. - Page 18 SteelVine processor. proceed to Disk Management. Notice that all five This device will appear for all Biggest S2S configura- drives are visible in their pre-configured and unallo- tions. Do not initialize or partition this drive.
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Page 19: Mac Users
3.5.2. Mac Users The Biggest S2S Storage Appliance houses five con- figurable disk drives. Plug the Biggest 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. -
Page 20: Install The Lacie Biggest S2S Manager
TeChNICAl NOTe: tition the “320 KB SV Configure” drive. Mac OS X recognizes five 152.7 GB hard disk drives for an Biggest S2S in JBOD (bypass mode) populated with five 160GB hard disk drives. 3.6. Install the LaCie Biggest S2S Manager... - Page 21 Setting Up Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4. The InstallShield® Mode start screen 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.
- Page 22 LaCie Biggest S2S Manager. When complete, the following screen should 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.
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Page 23: Mac Users
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. 4. The start screen appears. Click Continue. 5. Review the Read Me file. Click Continue. - Page 24 Setting Up Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 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 10. The install copies and sets up files required for the Biggest S2S Manager. Click Close to conclude the installation. 11. The Biggest S2S Manager is installed in the /Utili- ties/Biggest S2S directory. The Biggest S2S appli- cation launches a daemon process to monitor the Biggest S2S Storage Appliance.
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Page 26: Using Your Lacie Biggest S2S
4.1.1. Windows The LaCie Biggest S2S Manager is installed in the Programs section of the Start Menu. Select the LaCie Biggest S2S icon to launch the user interface. You’ll notice the Status window appear on the screen. 2. Use the Status window to monitor the LaCie Biggest S2S status. -
Page 27: Mac Os
The Biggest S2S Manager is installed in the Applications- >Utilities>Biggest S2S folder. 1. Launch the Finder and locate the Biggest S2S pro- gram within the Applications/Utilities/Biggest S2S folder. Click the Biggest S2S icon to launch the S2S Manager. -
Page 28: Customize Password
2. The launch sequence will search for an active daemon. If the search fails, a warning appears. Click OK. 3. The Biggest S2S daemon requires administrative privileges. Enter the administrator password and click OK. 4. A notice appears as the launch sequence attempts to start the daemon. -
Page 29: A Look At The Lacie Biggest S2S Status Window
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.3. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Status Window The LaCie Biggest S2S Status window provides a systems summary. Take a moment to review the Status window. System Status... - Page 30 The Status window Toolbar consists of these buttons: Button Function Button Function This button opens the LaCie Biggest S2S Con- The button opens the Storage Policy Man- figuration Mode. ager. See chapter 3.1. Storage Policies details.
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Page 31: A Look At The Lacie Biggest S2S Configuration Mode
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4. A look at the LaCie Biggest S2S Configuration Mode The LaCie Biggest S2S Configuration Mode is ac- ditional information on password management). cessible from the Status window and allows volume The Configuration Mode runs in one of two modes. - Page 32 • Apply causes the Mode to download the changes to the LaCie Biggest S2S. • OK submits configuration changes to the LaCie Biggest S2S and closes the Configuration Mode. • Cancel aborts the changes and closes the Configuration Mode. The toolbar of the Basic Configuration Mode win- dow includes icons that enable functions of the Advance Configuration Mode.
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Page 33: Configure Jbod (Bypass)
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.1.1. Configure JBOD (Bypass) In a JBOD configuration, each physical disk is in- dependent and is mapped completely to its logical vol- ume. To create a JBOD volume To open the Configuration Mode, select Configure Box in the Edit menu or the corresponding button in the Status window. -
Page 34: Configure Safe
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.1.2. Configure Safe For the Safe storage policy, the Basic Configuration Mode creates two volumes. Two hard disk drives make up each volume and mirror each other. The remaining hard disk drive is specified as a Hot Spare for both vol- umes. -
Page 35: Configure Fast
Mode creates a single volume of four hard disk drives in a striped format. The remaining hard disk drive is des- ignated as a standalone volume using the BIG storage policy. Note that the LaCie Biggest S2S Storage Appli- ance is set to a Fast configuration by default. To create a Fast volume... -
Page 36: Configure Big
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.1.4. Configure Big The Basic Configuration Mode implements the Big storage policy by concatenating all the hard disk drives into a single volume. Before reconfiguring the Biggest S2S, delete previously defined partitions. See 4.4.3. -
Page 37: Configure Safe + Big
The Basic Configuration Mode des- ignates the remaining hard disk drive as a Hot Spare. Before reconfiguring the Biggest S2S, delete previously defined partitions. See 4.4.3. Partition Configured Vol- ume, for details. -
Page 38: Configure Safe + Fast
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.1.6. Configure Safe + Fast In the Safe + Fast storage policy, data is written to mirrored disks in a striped format to create a volume consisting of four disk drives. The Basic Configuration Mode designates the remaining hard disk drive as the Hot Spare. -
Page 39: Advanced Configuration Mode
This flexibility provides Configuration Mode to apply more than one storage numerous combinations of performance, redundancy, policy to volumes on the LaCie Biggest S2S. and capacity to meet your business requirements. The Basic Configuration Mode provides six pre-... -
Page 40: Advanced Configuration Mode Sections
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 0 4.4.2.2. Advanced Configuration Mode Sections Storage Policy shows the available storage poli- List permits volume creation and modification cies that you can assign to volumes. The options on each hard disk drive:... -
Page 41: Toolbar Buttons
Aborts the pending changes and returns the Advanced Mode to the point where you can perform Cancel different advanced configuration functions Submits configuration changes to the Biggest S2S, closes the Advanced Mode, and displays the Apply updated configuration on the Status window... -
Page 42: Configuring Multiple Volumes
Before reconfiguring an ImpOrTANT INfO: combinations of storage policies and capacities. The fol- existing LaCie Biggest S2S with a new configura- lowing procedure shows how to modify a basic SAFE tion, back-up the data. Use the Disk Management configuration so that it contains several volumes, each utility provided by your OS to delete all Biggest with different storage policies. - Page 43 Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 5. Select Create a new volume (B) from the toolbar. Click to the right or left TeChNICAl NOTe: of the slider within the slider’s channel to make half-GB changes. 6. Select SAFE (RAID 1) as the Storage Policy. Click on the Use check boxes underneath Drives 0 and 1.
- Page 44 Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 10. Select the FAST radio button in the Storage Policy section. 11. Select the Use check box beneath both Drive 0 and Drive 1. This example illustrates two-drive striping.
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Page 45: Managing Configuration Files
Partitioning Configured Volumes for details. 4.4.2.4. Managing Configuration Files The Basic Configuration Mode provides menus and Biggest S2S configuration to a file. icons to manage configuration files. Each of the procedures in chapter 4.4.1. Basic Con- • The Read Config File command from the File menu figuration prompts you to save a configuration file. -
Page 46: Partition Configured Volume
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4.4.3. Partition Configured Volume 4.4.3.1. Windows Users The configured volume must be partitioned for use by the Windows operating system before you can begin using it. The following example describes the procedures re- quired to partition a volume. - Page 47 Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 4. Click Next to start the Partition Mode. 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 portion of the...
- Page 48 Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click Next. 8. Name and format the partition and click Next. 9. Review the file system settings and click Finish to...
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Page 49: Partition Configured Volume — Mac Os X
Using Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 10. Note the properties selected for the logical partition in the Disk Manager. 11. Repeat the procedures 1-9 to partition any of the remaining disks. 4.4.3.2. Partition configured volume — Mac OS X 1. -
Page 50: Manage Configuration Files
4.4.4. Manage Configuration Files The LaCie Biggest S2S Manager supports volume in the Configuration Mode. The LaCie Biggest S2S configuration backup, and restoration. This feature al- Manager exports a configuration file using the Save to... -
Page 51: To Export A File
Ensure you have the following before you establish • Daemon the remote connection: • The daemon is running on the PC, local to the LaCie • User interface Biggest S2S. The daemon module monitors the LaCie Biggest • The Configuration Manager user interface module is S2S status and performs Safe volume rebuilds auto- running remotely. -
Page 52: Email Notification
The Email Notification feature allows the end-user TeChNICAl NOTe: Please note that once to have the Biggest S2S Manager send an email if any of installed, the GUI does not need to be running the following conditions/situations occur: on your system to send an email notification. Your system (PC or Mac) needs to be turned on, how- ever, to receive email notifications. -
Page 53: Setting Up Email Notification
4.4.6.1. Setting Up Email Notification 1. The box available for the SMTP Server Name can be left blank. The Biggest S2S Manager will perform a DNS lookup and automatically find the correct ad- dress. 2. The box available for the SMTP Server Port# uses Port 25 as a default. -
Page 54: Receiving An Email Notification
Click on Accept to complete the change. 4.4.6.2. Receiving an Email Notification When one of the conditions/situations occurs, a pop-up appears on the host computer stating that a email has been sent. The email received from the Biggest S2S will look like this:... -
Page 55: Maintaining Your Biggest S2S
In the event that an individual hard disk fails in the CAUTION: Do NOT attempt to replace a hard LaCie Biggest S2S, please contact your LaCie reseller or disk yourself. Removing a hard disk from a Drive LaCie Customer Support. Additional, spare Drive Bays Bay will void the warranty. -
Page 56: Configure Safe Volume Rebuild Storage Policy
Hot Spare. In case Hot Spare 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 necessary to designate space to a Hot Spare for a subsequent rebuild to occur. - Page 57 Maintaining Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page In case you select No in response to a rebuild prompt, select Scan Devices from the File menu of the Status window to trigger a new prompt. If a power failure in- terrupts a rebuild, the daemon will restart the rebuild process.
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Page 58: Monitor The Lacie Biggest S2S Storage Appliance
Monitoring Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 6. Monitor the LaCie Biggest S2S Storage Appliance Use the Status window to monitor the LaCie Big- gest S2S Storage Appliance. 6.1. To Monitor Drive Status Review the color of the drives in the Status window. -
Page 59: To Monitor Temperature
Monitoring Your Biggest S2S LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 6.2. To Monitor Temperature The LaCie Biggest S2S uses the following colors to indicate temperature malfunctions. Color Definition 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. -
Page 60: Lacie Biggest S2S Front Panel Led Indicators
Safe volume is being rebuilt, LED 1 blinks slowly that are available for troubleshooting. on both mirrored disks. • When the LaCie Biggest S2S is powered on, the Description Startup or ON indication. OK LED will flash during reset and will remain green in all other cases. -
Page 61: Tech Tips
Additionally, there are two error-condition lights that are available for troubleshooting. • When the LaCie Biggest S2S is powered 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. -
Page 62: File System Formats
FAT 32. This is the file system to use if you Mac OS 10.3.x Users TeChNICAl NOTe: are going to be using your LaCie d2 TV Hard Drive - Mac OS Extended ( Journaled) Under Panther, between Macs and Windows operating systems. Single Apple introduced journaling to the Mac OS Ex- file size is limited to 4 GB*. -
Page 63: Windows Users
LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 8.2.2. Windows Users Since the LaCie Biggest S2S comes preformatted 2000 and XP, without resorting to help from third-party in HFS+, the Mac Operating system, yu will need to products. reformat your drive in FAT 32 or NTFS. The following... -
Page 64: Serial Ata Ii Questions And Answers
Tech Tips LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 8.3. Serial ATA II Questions and Answers • Performance: Serial ATA is a point-to-point topol- n What is Serial ATA II? ogy, and does not have to share the bus, instead dedi- The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) cating full bandwidth to the device. -
Page 65: Host-Support Port-Multiplier Options
8.4. Host-support Port-multiplier Options The LaCie Biggest S2S will only function with the devices. Please consult the User Manual for the LaCie LaCie SATA II 3Gb/s PCI 4E Card or PCI-Express SATA II 3Gb/s PCI 4E Card or PCI-Express Card in- Card as the host controller, which provides port mul- cluded with your Biggest S2S. -
Page 66: Understanding Raid And Biggest S2S Storage Policies
9. Understanding RAID and Biggest S2S Storage Policies Your LaCie Biggest S2S supports several different plication. The storage policies of the LaCie Biggest S2S RAID levels: 0, 1, 0 + 1, and JBOD. This section will — Safe, Fast, Big and JBOD are combinations of these help you decide which RAID level is right for your ap- RAID levels. -
Page 67: Raid
Understanding RAID LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 9.2. 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. -
Page 68: Raid 0+1
2). In this configuration, you must have an even num- • Excellent design for those seeking high perfor- ber of disks, so in the case of the LaCie Biggest S2S, you mance, without achieving maximum reliability would need to have four hard disks installed. -
Page 69: Jbod
Understanding RAID LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 9.4. JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks out of one physical drive, JBOD uses two or more physi- cal drives to make one logical drive. JBOD, or Just a Bunch of Disks, is not a numbered RAID level. -
Page 70: Troubleshooting
LED1 is not lit. alternate eSATA cable. LED1 continuously flashes for LED1 will flash during a Safe volume rebuild. If the LED flashes while the LaCie one ormore disc drives. Biggest S2S is not rebuilding, verify eSATA connection and try an alternate eSATA cable. -
Page 71: Lacie Biggest S2S Connection To Lacie Sata Pci-X/Pci-Express Card
Troubleshooting LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 10.2. LaCie Biggest S2S connection to LaCie SATA PCI-X/PCI-Express Card Problem Solution Biggest S2S is not recognized by • Verify the OK LED status to confirm power. HBA BIOS. • Verify the eSATA connection and try an alternate eSATA cable. -
Page 72: Review Event Log
Troubleshooting LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 10.3. Review Event Log Event logs are helpful for troubleshooting and locat- ing a system malfunction. To review an event log Select Event log within the Edit menu in the Status window. The Event Log screen displays a list of events in a tabular format. -
Page 73: Contacting Customer Support
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 page 34. Before contacting us, make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have... -
Page 74: Lacie Technical Support Contacts
Contacting Customer Support LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual page 11.2. 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 75: Warranty
All drives returned to LaCie must be securely pack- up tray, etc. aged in their original box and shipped with postage pre- paid. • The tamper seal on the LaCie Biggest S2S or an in- dividual Drive Bay casing is broken. ImpOrTANT INfO: Register online for free •...
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