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LaCie Biggest S2S User Manual

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page table of contents table of contents forward 4 health and safety precautions 5 general use precautions 5 1.Introduction 7 1.1. Lacie biggest s2s capabilities 7 2.Yourbiggests2s 8 2.1. Minimum system requirements 8 2.2. Package content 9 2.3. Views of the drive 10 2....

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page table of contents 4.4.2. Advanced configuration mode 39 4.4.2.1. A look at the advanced configuration mode 39 4.4.2.2. Advanced configuration mode sections 40 4.4.2.2.1. Toolbar buttons 41 4.4.2.2.2. Command buttons 41 4.4.2.3. Configuring multiple volumes 42 4.4.2...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page table of contents 10.2. Lacie biggest s2s connection to lacie sata pci-x/pci-express card 71 10.3. Review event log 72 11.Contactingcustomersupport 73 11.1. Before you contact technical support 73 11.2. Lacie technical support contacts 74 12.Warranty 75.

  • Page 4: Forward

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page forward copyrights copyright © 2005 lacie. All rights re- served. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sys- tem, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, pho- tocopying, recording or otherwise, with- out th...

  • Page 5: General Use Precautions

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page forward that it is recycled in a way that pro- tects health and the environment. For information about where you can drop off your equipment for recycling, please contact your city waste disposal service. Caution: modifications not authorized by the manufacturer ma...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page forward the lacie biggest s2s or use exces- sive force on it. Never use excessive force on your lacie biggest s2s. If you detect a problem, consult the troubleshoot- ing section in this manual. Protect your lacie biggest s2s from excessive exposure to dust dur- ing...

  • Page 7: 1. Introduction

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page introduction 1. Introduction congratulations on the purchase of your new lacie biggest s2s! This high-performance, extremely flexible raid (redundant array of independent/inexpensive disks) subsystem is ideally suited for integration with databases, imaging systems...

  • Page 8: 2. Your Biggest S2S

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page your biggest s2s 2. Your biggest s2s 2.1. Minimum system requirements hardware windows mac an intel piii 500mhz equivalent or faster cd-rom drive 64 mb of ram minimum 250 mb of free hard disk space super vga (800 x 600) or higher resolution with 256 colors mouse or...

  • Page 9: 2.2. Package Content

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page your biggest s2s 2.2. Package content important info: please save your packaging. In the event that the product should need to be repaired or serviced, it must be returned in its original packaging. In the event that an individual disk should need to be re- paired ...

  • Page 10: 2.3. Views of The Drive

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 your biggest s2s 2.3. Views of the drive 2.3.1. Front view drivebays– each drive bay can hold one-inch high, 3.5-inch form factor parallel ata/ide disk drive. Diskstatusindicator– next to each drive, blue led = disk not recognized, green led = disk recognized dis...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page your biggest s2s 2.3.2. Rear view externalsataii3gb/sport powerswitch powersupplyconnector powersupplyfan casingfan 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 caution: to avoid overheating, the lacie big- gest s2s should be installed in a well-ventilated area and in such a way as to main...

  • Page 12: 2.4. Cables and Connectors

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page your biggest s2s 2.4. Cables and connectors 2.4.1. Serial ata ii and esata your lacie biggest s2s uses the latest in sata technology, featuring transfer rates of up to 3gb/s. The biggest s2s comes equipped with esata ports and re- quires the use of an external sata...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 13 setting up your biggest s2s 3. Setting up your lacie biggest s2s this chapter covers the installation and configuration of your lacie biggest s2s. A relatively easy process, you will be guided through the five following steps: step 1 3.1. Storage policies - term...

  • Page 14: 3.1. Storage Policies

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s 3.1. Storage policies before you use the lacie biggest s2s manager to configure the storage appliance, take a minute to study the following terms. The terms represent the lacie biggest s2s configuration options or storage policies for ma...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page hot spare one or more disk drives are unused during normal operation and are configured to be a spare. If an active drive in a safe volume fails, the data on the remaining disk is duplicated on to the hot spare to regain redundancy. All safe volumes can have a desi...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s refer to your lacie sata card quick install guide included on your lacie sata ii card cd for information on card installation. Please be sure to check the lacie website for up- dated software and manuals at www.Lacie.Com in order to run ...

  • Page 17: 3.4. Set Up The Biggest S2S

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 3.4. Set up the biggest s2s setting up your biggest s2s power down the host pc. Attach the external serial ata cable to the external sata connector on your host computer. The con- nector is keyed and can only be installed in one ori- entation. Connect the other end...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s 4. Click diskmanagement under storage to view the disk drives. In case an initializeandconvertdisk mode dialog appears, click cancel to abort it and proceed to diskmanagement. Notice that all five drives are visible in their pre-configur...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s 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 ...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 setting up your biggest s2s 5. Notice that all five drives are visible in their pre-con- figured and unallocated state. “320kb sv configure” drive appears in the list to represent the steelvine processor. Do not initialize or partition the “320kb sv configure” dr...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s 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. 6. Next, s...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 7. Click next to begin the installation process. 8. The install program will then copy and setup all files required for the lacie biggest s2s manager. When complete, the following screen should appear. 9. The lacie biggest s2s manager is installed in the programs s...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page setting up your biggest s2s 1. Insert the installation cd into your cd-rom drive. 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. 3.6.2. Mac users 4. The start scree...

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    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. Setting up your biggest s2s.

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 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 m...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 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. 1. Using your biggest s2s 4. Using your lacie biggest s2s the...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s before the biggest s2s manager launches, the launch sequence will search for an active daemon and launch a daemon if the daemon is not active. To initi- ate the daemon, the launch sequence will require that you provide the administrator user’...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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 capacity information drive status for each lacie biggest s2s attached ...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 the lower table of the status window notes capacity information. The first row of the table shows individual hard disk drive capacities. The table contains additional rows for each implemented volume to show volume capacity and capacity distribution amongst the p...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4. A look at the lacie biggest s2s configuration mode the lacie biggest s2s configuration mode is ac- cessible from the status window and allows volume management. The basic configuration wizrd defines volumes based on a selected storage po...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s button function reads the saved volume configuration. See chapter 4.4.4.1. To import a file for details writes the saved volume configuration. See chapter 4.4.4.1. To import a file for details cancels proposed changes the toolbar of the confi...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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. Tocreateajbodvolume to open the configuration mode, select configure box in the edit menu or the c...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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- ume...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.1.3. Configure fast for the fast storage policy, the basic configuration 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...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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. Par- ...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.1.5. Configure safe + big the safe + big storage policy configuration mirrors the concatenated disks to create a volume consisting of four disk drives. The basic configuration mode des- ignates the remaining hard disk drive as a hot spare...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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 a...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.2. Advanced configuration mode this section describes how to use the advanced configuration mode to apply more than one storage policy to volumes on the lacie biggest s2s. The basic configuration mode provides six pre- defined storage pol...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 4.4.2.2. Advanced configuration mode sections using your biggest s2s storagepolicy shows the available storage poli- cies that you can assign to volumes. The options are enabled after you create a new volume or se- lect an existing volume to edit. Drive graph sho...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.2.2.1.Toolbarbuttons button function button function reads a saved configuration into the advanced configuration mode so you can apply the con- figuration to the lacie biggest s2s. Available in basic and advanced modes. Permits the storag...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.2.3. Configuring multiple volumes the advanced configuration mode allows many combinations of storage policies and capacities. The fol- lowing procedure shows how to modify a basic safe configuration so that it contains several volumes, e...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 5. Select createanewvolume (b) from the toolbar. B technical note: click to the right or left of the slider within the slider’s channel to make half-gb changes. 6. Select safe(raid1) as the storage policy. Click on the use check boxes underne...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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. 12. Move the slider beneath drive 0 all the way to the right to alloca...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 18. Click the writeconfigurationforsystemtoafile toolbar button to save the configuration. 19. Click apply to create the multi-volume configura- tion, close the advanced mode, and display the vol- umes in the status window (within a minute or so). 20. Partition the...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 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. Microsoft windows al- lows you to further segmen...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 4. Click next to start the partition mode. Using your biggest s2s 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 space, enter the partition size...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 7. Assign a drive letter or mount path and click next. Using your biggest s2s 8. Name and format the partition and click next. 9. Review the file system settings and click finish to create the logical partitions..

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    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. Using your biggest s2s 1. Review the configure jbod (bypass) section. This example uses the jbod storage policy to...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 9. Click partition to acknowledge the warning. The disk utility will mount the created partition and represent it with an icon on the desktop. Using your biggest s2s 4.4.4. Manage configuration files the lacie biggest s2s manager supports volume configuration bac...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page using your biggest s2s 4.4.4.2. To export a file select savetoconfigfile in the file menu of the configuration mode window. Navigate to the appropriate directory, specify a file name in the file name text box and click the save button. 1. 2. 4.4.5. Manage client co...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 2. Enter the hostname or ip address of the pc hosting the daemon. Click ok. 3. The user interface established the requested connec- tion and displays the information gathered by the remote daemon in the status window. Using your biggest s2s 4.4.6. Email notificatio...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 4.4.6.1. Setting up email notification using your biggest s2s c. The message information can be customized to suit the end-user’s needs. The daemon can extract the following data from the biggest s2s hardware: 1. The box available for the smtpservername can be left...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page d. If there is information that the end-user would like included in the error message, s/he can enter it themselves by typing in a selected message code listed above. For instance: to put in the boxserial number, type in the descriptive text followed by the message...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page maintaining your biggest s2s 5. Maintaining your biggest s2s 5.1. Removing/replacing a drive in the event that an individual hard disk fails in the lacie biggest s2s, please contact your lacie reseller or lacie customer support. Additional, spare drive bays with pr...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page maintaining your biggest s2s 5.3. Configure safe volume rebuild storage policy this lacie biggest s2s feature is provided to man- age rebuilds of safe volumes. Whenisarebuildnecessary? A rebuild is initiated to restore data redundancy for a safe volume that has ent...

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    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. Toconfigurearebuild 1. Select specify...

  • Page 58: 6.1. to Monitor Drive Status

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page monitoring your biggest s2s review the color of the drives in the status window. A change in color indicates a change in the following drive states: 6. Monitor the lacie biggest s2s storage appliance use the status window to monitor the lacie big- gest s2s storage ...

  • Page 59: 6.2. to Monitor Temperature

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page monitoring your biggest s2s the lacie biggest s2s uses the following colors to indicate temperature malfunctions. 6.2. To monitor temperature color definition solution white temperature is normal. Yellow temperature is greater than 40° c (104° f verify that there a...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 front panel led indicators each disk drive and the host connection have two leds to indicate drive status and/or host communica- tion status, see figure 2. Led 0 is on the left, and is typically blue; led 1 is on the right and is typically green. Additionally, th...

  • Page 61: 8. Tech Tips

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page tech tips each disk drive and the host connection have two leds to indicate drive status and/or host communica- tion status, see figure 2. Led 0 is on the left, and is typically blue; led 1 is on the right and is typically green. Additionally, there are two error-c...

  • Page 62: 8.2. File System Formats

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 8.2. File system formats you have the option of formatting the drive in one of four formats: mac os standard (hfs), mac os ex- tended (hfs+), ms-dos file system and unix file system (ufs). N hfs-macosstandard mac os standard refers to the file system used by mac os...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page since the lacie biggest s2s comes preformatted in hfs+, the mac operating system, yu will need to reformat your drive in fat 32 or ntfs. The following information will hopefully make choosing one or the other a little easier. N fat32 fat is an acronym for file allo...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page tech tips n whatisserialataii? The serial advanced technology attachment (ata) ii marks the latest rung on the evolutionary ladder of sata technology. Sata ii can deliver data at 300mb/ s, twice as fast as its sata predecessor and more than twice as fast as the par...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page tech tips n whataretheidealusesofserialata? Although the specification supports all ata and atapi devices (i.E. Cd, dvd, tape drives, etc.), and delivers superior performance than both hi-speed usb 2.0 and firewire/ieee 1394, external serial ata con- nectors are in...

  • Page 66: 9.1. Raid 0

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 9. Understanding raid and biggest s2s storage policies understanding raid your lacie biggest s2s supports several different raid levels: 0, 1, 0 + 1, and jbod. This section will help you decide which raid level is right for your ap- plication. The storage policies ...

  • Page 67: 9.2. Raid 1

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page understanding raid 9.2. Raid 1 mirroringandduplexing also called mirroring, this level makes a duplicate write on a second or “mirror” disk every time data is written to a primary disk. If one disk crashes, there is an ideal backup. Using two controllers, or duplex...

  • Page 68: 9.3. Raid 0+1

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page understanding raid 9.3. Raid 0+1 highdatatransferperformance 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 of drives is i...

  • Page 69: 9.4. Jbod

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page understanding raid 9.4. Jbod justabunchofdisks jbod, or just a bunch of disks, is not a numbered raid level. However, it is similar because it is an array of inexpensive disks. The process takes multiple drives and combines them into a single virtual drive without ...

  • Page 70: 10. Troubleshooting

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 0 troubleshooting 10. Troubleshooting in the event that your lacie biggest s2s 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 drive...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page troubleshooting 10.2. Lacie biggest s2s connection to lacie sata pci-x/pci-express card problem solution biggest s2s is not recognized by hba bios. Verify the ok led status to confirm power. Verify the esata connection and try an alternate esata cable. Verify recog...

  • Page 72: 10.3. Review Event Log

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page troubleshooting 10.3. Review event log event logs are helpful for troubleshooting and locat- ing a system malfunction. Toreviewaneventlog select eventlog within the edit menu in the status window. The event log screen displays a list of events in a tabular format. ...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page contacting customer support 11. Contacting customer support read the user manual and review the troubleshoot- ing section. Try to isolate the problem. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the cpu, and make sure that all of the cables are correctl...

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    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page 11.2. Lacie technical support contacts contacting customer support lacie asia, singapore, and hong kong contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/asia/contact/ lacie australia contact us at: http://www.Lacie.Com/au/contact/ lacie belgium contact us at: http://www.Lacie.C...

  • Page 75: 12. Warranty

    Lacie biggest s2s user manual page warranty 12. Warranty lacie warrants your lacie biggest s2s 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 the warran...