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LaCie Biggest S1S User Manual - 2.2. Package Contents

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    How to use this manual lacie biggest s1s user’s manual how to use this manual in the toolbar: printing: while optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 1/2 ” x 11” and a4 sized paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific p...

  • Page 2: Table of Contents

    Table of contents page 2 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual table of contents foreword 5 precautions 7 1. Introduction 8 1.1. What your lacie biggest s1s can do 8 2. Your lacie biggest s1s 9 2.1. Minimum system requirements 9 2.2. Package contents 10 2.3. Views of the drive 11 2.3.1. Front view 11 2.3....

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    Table of contents page 3 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5. Using your lacie biggest s1s 32 5.1. Disk status and activity indicators 32 5.2. Lcd display messages 32 5.2.1. Initialization messages 33 5.2.2. Rebuild messages 34 5.2.3. Failure and error messages 35 5.2.3.1. Raid failure messages 35 5.2...

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    Table of contents page 4 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 9. Troubleshooting 46 10. Contacting customer support 49 11. Warranty 51.

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    Foreword page 5 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual copyrights copyright © 2004/2005 lacie. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without ...

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    Foreword page 6 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual manufacturer’s declaration for ce certification we, lacie, solemnly declare that this product conforms to the following european standards: class b en60950, en55022, en55024, en61000-3-2, en61000-3-3 with reference to the following conditions: 73/23/ee...

  • Page 7: General Use Precautions

    Precautions page 7 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual health and safety precautions only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device. • read this user's guide carefully, and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. • do not open your lacie biggest s1s or att...

  • Page 8: 1. Introduction

    1. Introduction page 8 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 1. Introduction congratulations on the purchase of your new lacie biggest s1s! This high-performance, extremely flexible raid (redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks) subsystem is ideally suited for integration with databases, imaging ...

  • Page 9: 2. Your Lacie Biggest S1S

    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 9 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 2. Your lacie biggest s1s 2.1. Minimum system requirements supported raid levels: • hardware raid level 0, 0+1, 5 and 5+spare • hot-swappable disks • automatic on-line rebuilding serial ata hardware requirements for serial ata: • g3 or...

  • Page 10: 2.2. Package Contents

    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 10 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 2.2. Package contents your lacie biggest s1s should ship with the following: lacie biggest s1s raid subsystem tower and 4 drive bays with hard disks external sata cable serial/rs-232 cable power cable lacie biggest s1s utilities cd-ro...

  • Page 11: 2.3. Views of The Drive

    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 11 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 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 serial ata disk drive. Disk 1 – this is also the default hot spare disk. Disk 2 – disk 3 – disk 4 – lcd display – the l...

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    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 12 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 2.3.2. Rear view fan status indicator power switch ventilation fan raid level switch selectors serial/rs-232 port sata i port power status indicator power supply connector on 1 2 fan power 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.

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    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 13 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual raid level switch selectors – the raid level switch selectors consist of two switches, which are used to set the raid level. For more information, please see section 4.1. Setting the raid level . Serial/rs-232 port – the serial/rs-232...

  • Page 14: 2.4. Cables and Connectors

    2. Your lacie biggest s1s page 14 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 2.4. Cables and connectors serial ata the serial ata interface was created to simplify and improve connectivity by utilizing point-to-point signaling, hot-plug capability, smaller and standardized connectors. Built upon an efficient a...

  • Page 15: 3. Understanding Raid

    3. Understanding raid page 15 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 3. Understanding raid your lacie biggest s1s is shipped with a pre-configured raid level of 5, but it supports four different raid levels: 0, 0 + 1, 5 and 5 + hot spare. This section will help you decide which raid level is right for your...

  • Page 16: 3.2. Raid 0 + 1

    3. Understanding raid page 16 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 3.2. Raid 0 + 1 high data transfer performance this level combines striping and mirroring, which provides full data redundancy and protects data in the event that multiple drives fail (provided that the data on one of each mirrored pair o...

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    3. Understanding raid page 17 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 3.3. Raid 5 and raid 5 + hot spare independent data disks with distributed parity blocks this is the most versatile raid level and offers high i/o transaction rates, which greatly helps applications that perform large numbers of concurren...

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    3. Understanding raid page 18 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual raid 5 + hot spare this level is the same as raid 5, but one disk is designated as a “hot spare,” which means that in the event of a disk failure, the “hot spare” disk would automatically be activated to replace the failed disk. The stora...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 19 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s this chapter covers the installation and configuration of your lacie biggest s1s. A relatively easy process, you will be guided through the five following steps: 4.1. Setting the raid le...

  • Page 20: 4.1. Setting The Raid Level

    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 20 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.1. Setting the raid level the lacie biggest s1s is pre-configured at raid level 5, but it may be re-configured. The raid level is set using the raid level switch selectors on the rear panel of the lacie biggest s1s. The r...

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    4.1.1. Raid 5 this is the default setting of the lacie biggest s1s. 1) power off the lacie biggest s1s. 2) move switch 1 and 2 of the raid level switch selectors to the off position. 4.1.2. Raid 5 + hot spare 1) power off the lacie biggest s1s. 2) move switch 1 of the raid level switch selectors to ...

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    4.1.3. Raid 0 1) power off the lacie biggest s1s. 2) move switch 1 and 2 of the raid level switch selectors to the on position. 4.1.4. Raid 0 + 1 1) power off the lacie biggest s1s. 2) move switch 1 of the raid level switch selectors to the on position. Move switch 2 of the raid level switch selecto...

  • Page 23: 4.2. Creating An Array

    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 23 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.2. Creating an array this step will initialize the array. 1) ensure that the raid level is correctly set and configured. 2) on each of the individual drive bays, pull the drive bay handle to release the latch. Then slide ...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 24 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual if you are resetting the raid level after having used the lacie biggest s1s at another raid level, the lacie biggest s1s will display a warning on the lcd, asking if you are certain that you want to initialize the new raid ...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 25 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.3. Connecting to a host computer once the lacie biggest s1s has finished the initialization of the array, you will be ready to connect the lacie biggest s1s to a host computer. This section is divided into the two differe...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 26 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.4. Setting the lcd display time & date to change the time and date on the lcd display, press the enter button for over five seconds. Release the button and the date and time settings screen will be displayed. To adjust th...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 27 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.5. Formatting and partitioning your lacie biggest s1s before the lacie biggest s1s array can be fully utilized, it needs to be formatted. During this process, the array can also be customized with partitions. Formatting a...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 28 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.5.1. Formatting and partitioning – mac users after having followed the steps to set the raid level, create the array and connect the interface cable, the lacie biggest s1s must now be formatted and partitioned before it c...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 29 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 8) once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click ok . The following message will appear: “warning! Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes. This can not be undone. Ar...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 30 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 4.5.2. Formatting and partitioning – windows users after having followed the steps to set the raid level, create the array and connect the interface cable, the lacie biggest s1s must now be formatted and partitioned before ...

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    4. Setting up your lacie biggest s1s page 31 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 6) this will bring up the create partition wizard . Click next . 7) select primary partition . Click next . 8) here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum availabl...

  • Page 32: 5.2. Lcd Display Messages

    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 32 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5. Using your lacie biggest s1s 5.1. Disk status and activity indicators this list is a key to the messages of the disk status indicator and disk activity indicator on each of the individual drive bays: if the disk status indica...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 33 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.1. Initialization messages these lcd display messages may appear during the initialization phase: raid init xx.X% total: xxxxgb create new raid? (no) (yes) raid init 100% xxxxgb init ok! Raid init failed dx offline raid init...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 34 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.2. Rebuild messages these lcd display messages may appear during a rebuild phase: dx rebuild xx.X total: xxxxgb dx rebuild 100% xxxxgb ok! Dx rebuild fail xxxxgb dx rebuild fail dx offline dx rebuild fail dx bad sectors rebu...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 35 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.3. Failure and error messages these messages will be displayed in the event of a raid or disk failure, or an error during a process: 5.2.3.1. Raid failure messages 5.2.3.2. Disk failure message 5.2.3.3. Fan failure message r...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 36 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.3.4. Raid configuration error message 5.2.3.5. Overheating error message raid level unmatched raid fail code: 1 the setting of the raid level switch selectors does not match the exisiting raid level. • the lacie biggest s1s ...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 37 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.4. Raid and disk status messages these messages will be displayed during one of the following processes: 5.2.4.1. Power on 5.2.4.2. Disk initialization 5.2.4.3. Ready 5.2.4.4. Raid level lacie boot... The lacie biggest s1s i...

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    5. Using your lacie biggest s1s page 38 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5.2.5. Raid and disk information messages the following messages will be displayed when there is an established raid array and the menu button is pushed. Press the menu button to scroll through the messages, in the following ord...

  • Page 39: 6.2. Firmware Updates

    6. Maintaining your lacie biggest s1s page 39 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 6. Maintaining your lacie biggest s1s 6.1. Removing/replacing a drive in the event that an individual hard disk fails in the lacie biggest s1s, please contact your lacie reseller or lacie customer support. Additional, spar...

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    6. Maintaining your lacie biggest s1s page 40 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 5) the connect to dialog will appear. From the connect using: drop-down menu, select com1 or com2, depending on which serial/rs-232 port you are using to connect the lacie biggest s1s. 6) the com properties dialog box will...

  • Page 41: 7. Tech Tips

    7. Tech tips page 41 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 7. Tech tips 7.1. File system formats 7.1.1. Mac users mac os 10.X users: you may customize the drive by reformatting and/or partitioning the drive with separate file system formats. For optimal performance in mac os environments, format and parti...

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    7. Tech tips page 42 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 7.1.2. File system formats – windows users there are basically two file system formats for windows: fat 32 and ntfs. The following information will hopefully make choosing one or the other a little easier. Fat 32 fat is an acronym for file allocat...

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    7. Tech tips page 43 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 7.2. Available storage capacity a gigabyte (gb) means 1,000,000,000 bytes. In order to utilize a hard disk drive, it has to be formatted first. Formatting a disk consists of the following: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping informa...

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    8. Sata questions & answers page 44 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 8. Serial ata questions & answers what is serial ata? The serial advanced technology attachment (ata) is the evolutionary successor to the parallel ata/ ide (integrated drive electronics) interface, which has been in use for the las...

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    8. Sata questions & answers page 45 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual • seamless integration: serial ata maintains register and software compatibility with parallel ata, and should be transparent to both the bios and operating system. Simply add more serial ata links to increase the number of connecti...

  • Page 46: 9. Troubleshooting

    9. Troubleshooting page 46 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 9. Troubleshooting in the event that your lacie biggest s1s is not working correctly, please refer to the following checklist to find out where the problem is coming from. If you have gone through all of the points on the checklist and your ...

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    9. Troubleshooting page 47 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual the problem when i lock a drive bay into place, the disk activity indicator turns red and the alarm beep sounds. The alarm beep is sounding. How do i turn it off? The lacie biggest s1s does not appear in the bios. What should i do in the eve...

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    9. Troubleshooting page 48 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual the problem i was creating a raid 5 array, and a disk failed. What should i do? I only have two or three disks. Can i still create a raid array? The lcd display reads “unmatched.” possible answers replace the failed disk with another disk of...

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    10. Contacting customer support page 49 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 10. Contacting customer support before you contact technical support 1) read the manuals and review the troubleshooting section. 2) try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the cpu, and...

  • Page 50: Lacie Technical Support

    10. Contacting customer support page 50 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual lacie technical support lacie asia, singapore and hong kong contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact lacie belgium contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/be/contact/ lacie denmark contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/dk/cont...

  • Page 51: 12. Warranty

    11. Warranty page 51 lacie biggest s1s user’s manual 12. Warranty lacie warrants your lacie biggest s1s and drive bays against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within t...