User manual LACIE 2BIG NETWORK 2

[. . . ] LaCie 2big Network 2 · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Table of Contents page 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windows users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Dashboard: Navigation The Dashboard is made up of a central area surrounded by widgets, or small boxes that represent the different pages that make up the Dashboard. The widget displays a summary of the information contained in the page. To expand a minimized widget, drag its icon over an expanded widget, which replaces it. Fig. Dashboard: Logging Out To log out of the Dashboard, click the log out button in the upper right-hand corner of any Dashboard page (Fig. Dashboard: Restart/Shutdown To restart or shut down the drive, click this button, then choose between Deep Sleep Mode and Restart (Fig. 41 LaCie 2big Network 2 · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 37 4. 6. Dashboard: General Settings This page allows the administrator to modify some of your 2big Network 2's general parameters. The machine name identifies your 2big Network 2 in LaCie Network Assistant and on the local network. NTP Server: Click the box, then click the field to the right and type the address of a Network Time Protocol server to provide the time for the 2big Network 2 automatically. While NTP is selected, you can't modify the time and date settings. Workgroup: Modify the Windows workgroup name to set your 2big Network 2 to belong to a certain workgroup. TECHNICAL NOTE: Mac users connected to a network with Windows computers can also access shares this way by selecting in the Finder Network > [Workgroup] > LaCie-2big where "[Workgroup]" is the name of the Windows workgroup. However, UPnP and Time Machine services also need to be enabled at the share level in order to be operative (4. 9. SMB: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the SMB network transfer protocol. AFP: Toggle this feature to activate/deactivate the AFP (Apple Filing Protocol). FTP Service: Toggle this feature on to allow your 2big Network 2 to be accessible via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). 42 continued on the next page >> LaCie 2big Network 2 · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 38 UPnP: This feature allows your 2big Network 2 to act as a UPnP multimedia server. Files stored in shares where UPnP service is active will be available to play on UPnP-enabled players (such as cell phones, computers, and game consoles). For information on using your 2big Network 2 to stream files to your UPnP devices, see 3. 7. For information on using the 2big Network 2 as an iTunes music server, see section 3. 8. Time Machine: The 2big Network 2 is compatible with Apple's Time Machine, which backs up your Macintosh onto an external volume at regular intervals. TECHNICAL NOTE: If you've just added new content to the 2big Network 2, it could take a few minutes before they are available to UPnP/DLNA-certified players/adapters. 4. 6. 1. Active Directory Fig. [. . . ] If nothing traumatic happened to the drive prior to this starting, consider it to be soft clicking, and troubleshoot the problem as suggested above. LaCie 2big Network 2 · DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Contacting Customer Support page 72 7. If possible, make the drive the only external device on the CPU, and make sure that all of the cables are correctly and firmly attached. If you have asked yourself all of the pertinent questions in the troubleshooting checklist, and you still can't get your LaCie drive to work properly, contact us at www. lacie. com. Before contacting us, make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the following information on hand: Information 1. [. . . ]