LaCie 301385U User Manual - page 19
LaCie 4big Quadra Enterprise Class
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RAID
User Manual
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3.3. Removing and Installing Drives
IntheeventthatanindividualharddiskfailsintheLaCie4bigEn-
terpriseClass,pleasecontactyourLaCieresellerorLaCieCustomer
Support.Pleasereplaceadefectiveharddriveonlywithanewdrive
providedbyLaCie.
CAUTION:
AftercontinuoususeoftheLaCie4big,drivesmaybe
hot.Usecautionwhenremoving.
To Remove a Drive:
1. Ifthe4bigisinRAID0orConcatenationmode,turnitoffand
unplugit.Ifthe4bigisinRAID10,3,3+,5or5+mode,you
canleaveitturnedonandcontinuetostep2.
2. Thedrivetraymaybelocked.Tounlockit,inserttheroundend
oftheprovided2-in-1toolintotheslotonthedrivelockand
turnthelockuntiltheslotisvertical(
Fig. 15
).
3. Drawoutthedrivetraybyinsertingyourfingerintothespace
behindthedrivetrayhandleandpullingtodisengagethedrive.
4. Graspthedrivetrayhandleandcarefullyextractthedrive(
Fig.
16
).
5. Turnthedriveontocontinueusingtheremainingdrives.
To Install a Drive:
1. Ifthe4bigisinRAID0orConcatenationmode,turnitoffand
unplugit.Ifthe4bigisinRAID10,3,3+,5or5+mode,you
canleaveitturnedonandcontinuetostep2.
2. Carefullyinsertthedrivetrayintoanemptydrivebay.Whenthe
drivetrayismostofthewayinandyoufeelresistance,pressthe
drivetrayhandlefirmlyuntilyoufeelthedrivesnapintoplace
andthedrivetrayhandleisflushwiththebackofthe4big.
3. Usethe2-in-1tooltolockthedrivelock.Turnthelocksuntilthe
groovesareorientedvertically.Thedrivesarelockedwhenall
locksarehorizontal.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
Dataarestillaccessibleduringarebuild.In
OnandAutomode,the4bigcanbedisconnectedfromtheworksta-
tionduringtherebuild.InAutomode,ifthe4bigisnotconnectedor
ifthecomputerisoff,the4bigwillgointostandbymodewhenthe
rebuildhascompleted.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Drivewarrantywillbevoidifyoureplacethe
defectivedrivewithadrivenotprovidedbyLaCie.Drivespurchased
fromLaCieareshippedpre-installedindrivetrayswithhandles.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Areplaceddriveshouldnothaveasmaller
capacitythanthedriveitisreplacing.
IMPORTANT INFO:
RebuildingaRAIDarraycantakeseveralhours.Forexample,re-
buildinga1TBRAID3arraycantakeupto6hours.
Thistimeittakestorebuildwillbeincreasedifyouaccessthedrives
duringtherebuild.
LaCiedoesnotrecommendremovinganydrivesduringrebuild.
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