User manual LACIE BIGGEST S1S

[. . . ] LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. Icons Used In This Manual These icons describe the type of information being given: i Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. T N Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual Table of Contents page 2 Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Windows Users 5 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 14 15 15 16 17 19 20 21 21 22 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 5. Serial ATA Questions & Answers Table of Contents page 3 32 32 32 33 34 35 35 35 35 36 36 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 38 38 39 39 39 41 41 41 42 43 44 LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 9. [. . . ] Release the button and the date and time settings screen will be displayed. To adjust the time and date values, use the Menu button on the left-side of the LCD Display to scroll through the values. Press the Enter button to confirm your selection and move to the next value. Start by adjusting the year (YY), then move to the month (MM), the day (DD), and finally the hour (HH) and minute (MM) (the time is measured in the 24-hour clock format). Pressing the Enter button on the final selection will set the time and date. YY/MM/DD Menu Button 04/12/26 HH:MM 11:37 Enter Button LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 4. 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 disk consists of the following: the operating system erases all of the bookkeeping information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure that all of the sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors (i. e. , those that are scratched) and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information. As you format the drive, you will have the opportunity to divide the hard drive into sections, called partitions. A partition is a section of the hard drive's storage capacity that is created to contain files and data. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies, depending on operating environment, and is generally about 10% less than the non-formatted capacity. File System Formats · Mac OS Extended (HFS+) ­ for Mac OS 10. x · NTFS ­ for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 Server LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 4. 5. 1. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S1S page 28 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 can be used: i Important Info: Before beginning the format and partition process, ensure that there are no warning or error messages being displayed on the LCD Display of the LaCie Biggest S1S. 1) If it is not already on, power on the host computer. 2) As soon as the array is detected by your computer, it will mount to the desktop as an untitled device. Your LaCie Biggest S1S array will appear on the left-hand side, in the list of hard disks that are mounted on your system. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one that reads LaCie. 6) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with Current (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. 7) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System) and the volume size. T N Tech Note: For a more detailed discussion on the various file system formats and partitioning, please refer to section 7. 1. 1. File System Formats ­ Mac Users. LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 4. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S1S page 29 T N Tech Note: Under Mac OS 10. 3. x, the default format setting is Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Journaling provides a continuous record of changes to files on the hard drive. You will not be able to format in the MS-DOS File System, either, unless you choose the Erase tab in the Disc Utility window and create an entire MS-DOS File System volume. [. . . ] The RAID Level Selector Switch is not set to the level of the existing array. In the event that the RAID level does not correspond to both the disk settings and the RAID Level Switch Selectors, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1) "RAID level" "Unmatched" 2) "Current: Rx" i. e. the current RAID level settings of the installed disks "Original: Rx" i. e. the RAID level settings on the RAID Level Switch Selectors The LCD Display reads "unmatched. " Example: The RAID Level Switch Selectors are positioned to indicate a RAID 0 setting, but the disks were set earlier as a RAID 5 array, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1) "RAID Level" "Unmatched" 2) "Current: R5" "Original: R0" In this situation, the array will not function. [. . . ]