Contents LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 1 Contents How to Use this Manual Foreword 1. Introduction 1.1 Icons Used In This Manual 1.2 What Is SCSI? 1.3 LaCie Storage Utilities Software 2. Getting To Know Your LaCie Hard Drive 2.1 Minimum System Requirements 2.2 LaCie SCSI Hard Drive - Views 2.3 Attaching The Drive Stand 2.4 SCSI Cables and Connectors 3. Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive 3.1 Installing Your LaCie Hard Drive 3.1.1 SCSI Card Verification 3.1.2 Setting the SCSI ID Number 3.1.
How to Use this Manual LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 2 How to Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Previous View / Go to Next View Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page On the page: Click on the text within the Contents page to jump to information on that topic. Click on any red text to automatically jump to more information about that topic.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Foreword page 3 Copyrights Copyright © 2002 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 the prior written consent of LaCie. Trademarks Apple, Mac, Macintosh and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
Introduction LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 4 2. Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie Hard Drive. This hard drive will give you a unique combination of compatibility and convenience, as well as generous storage capacity. LaCie Hard Drives are ideal for professionals and home users, and for various applications such as databases, desktop publishing, digital content creation and digital audio/video.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Introduction page 5 Manual Updates LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up-to-date, comprehensive User’s Manuals available on the market. It is our goal to provide you with a friendly, easy-to-use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your new device. If your manual does not reflect the exact configurations of the product that you purchased, please check our Web site for the most current version available.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Introduction page 6 PC Users Using Windows 2000 and Windows XP Use the formatting and partitioning capabilities that are included with your operating system. Please see page 14 for more details. PC Users Using Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) and Windows Me You have the option of using Silverlining 98, included with your drive, or using the formatting and partitioning capabilities in your operating system. Please see page 15 for more details.
Getting to Know Your LaCie Hard Drive LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 7 2. Getting To Know Your LaCie Hard Drive What can your external hard drive do? • Store and exchange data between several computers. • Back up your computer’s internal hard drive. • Store files created by your various applications. 2.1 Minimum System Requirements Hardware Requirements: • Mac or PC equipped with SCSI card or built-in SCSI interface. System Requirements: • Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, and OS 10.1.
Getting to Know Your LaCie Hard Drive LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 8 Back View 1 – Power supply connector This is where you plug in the AC adapter supplied with the drive. 6 3 2 – SCSI connectors Where you plug in the SCSI cable furnished with the drive. 3 – Ventilation outlet Helps to keep your drive cool during operation. Be sure not to block this opening when using your drive. 2 1 5 4 – Lock slot This slot is used to connect a Kensington™-type anti-theft system for maximum protection.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Getting to Know Your LaCie Hard Drive page 9 2.3 Attaching the Drive Stand You can use your LaCie drive in its upright position after installing the stand. 1) From the rear of the drive, slide the stand rail into the side groove of your LaCie drive as shown. 2) Slide the stand forward until its rail touches the rear of the drive. 3) Tighten the two socket screws from the underside of the stand, using the hex key provided, until the stand is firmly in place.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive page 10 3. Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive Connecting the Power Supply To operate the drive, you must use the AC adapter supplied with it. This adapter may feature a locking mechanism that will prevent the power cord from accidentally being unplugged while your drive is operating. Warning! Use only the AC adapter supplied with your LaCie drive. Using any other power cable may cause damage to the device and void your warranty.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive page 11 3.1 Installing Your LaCie Hard Drive There are five main steps to this installation process: 3.1.1 - SCSI Card Verification 3.1.2 - Setting the SCSI ID Number 3.1.3 - Connecting the Drive to the Computer 3.1.4 - Drive Recognition 3.1.5 - Software Installation 3.1.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive page 12 3.1.3 - Connecting the Drive to the Computer 1) Power down your computer. 2) Connect your drive’s power supply cable to the main power outlet. 3) Connect one end of your SCSI cable to the SCSI port on your computer, or to a drive in your SCSI chain, if more than one SCSI peripheral is connected. Connect the other end of the SCSI cable to either of the SCSI connectors on your LaCie drive.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Setting Up Your LaCie Hard Drive page 13 To install Silverlining Pro for use on Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x, proceed as follows: 1) Insert the LaCie Storage Utilities CD in your computer’s internal CD/DVD drive. 2) Open the CD icon and double click "LaCie Installer." 3) The Silverlining Utilities screen appears. Click on "Continue." 4) The "About to Install" screen appears. Read the following information and click on "Continue." 5) The "License Agreement" screen appears. Click on "Agree.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Formatting and Partitioning Your Drive page 14 4. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie Hard Drive Once you have set-up your LaCie Hard Drive, you can reformat or partition it to suit your needs. 4.1 Mac Users • Mac OS 8.6 and 9.x – Install and use LaCie Silverlining Pro, which is included with your drive. • Mac OS 10.x – Use the "Apple Disk Utility" application, which is native to the operating system.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Formatting and Partitioning Your Drive page 15 8) This will bring up the "Create Partition Wizard." Click "Next." 9) Select "Primary Partition." Click "Next." 10) Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that you leave the partition set to the maximum available size, unless you want multiple partitions on the same drive. Click "Next." 11) Select "Assign drive letter" and select the desired letter for the drive. Click "Next.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Formatting and Partitioning Your Drive page 16 3) Ensure that "View devices by type" is selected. Expand the menu next to "Disk Drives" by clicking the "plus" sign, and current hard drives connected to the computer will be listed. Next, connect the hard drive and click "Refresh." A new drive should be listed. Double-click on the new drive. 4) Click the "Settings" tab. 5) If selected, deselect the "Int 13 unit" option, and select "Removable.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Technical Information page 17 5. Technical Information 5.1 User Advice When Using SCSI The following technical information relates to your LaCie Hard Drive and gives some practical advice: Power Save The LaCie Hard Drive manages power consumption. If the system’s power save feature supports it, the drive will spin down during the power save mode. When the system comes out of power save, the drive will take a few seconds to spin up to full power before it can be accessed.
Technical Information LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 18 Warning! Your LaCie drive is not compatible with HVD devices or buses! Never connect your LaCie drive to an HVD bus or peripheral. Doing so may damage your drive and/or system, and will void your warranty. LVD (Low Voltage Differential) – This latest addition to the SCSI interface, which became important with Ultra2 SCSI, combines all of the advantages of SE and HVD. LVD has rapidly become the de facto standard in high-performance SCSI.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Technical Information page 19 3) Avoid mixing LVD and SE devices in the same SCSI chain. For performance reasons, it is important to not mix LVD and SE devices on the same chain. An all-LVD or all-SE chain will generally perform more reliably than a mixed chain. While it is technically possible to mix LVD and SE devices on the same SCSI chain, doing so will limit the performance of all devices on the chain to SE levels.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Technical Information page 20 32 volume sizes can range from less than 1 MB all the way to 2TB. It is the native file system of Windows 98 and Windows Me, and is supported by Windows 2000 and XP. When FAT 32 is used with Windows 2000 and XP, though, volume size is limited to 32GB (by the Windows partition utility, i.e. Disk Manager), and the individual file size is limited to 4GB.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Technical Information page 21 Mac OS Extended Mac OS Extended refers to the file system used by Mac OS 8.1 and later. HFS+ represents an optimization of the older HFS file system by using hard disk space more efficiently. As hard disk capacity increased over the years, Apple realized that they needed to improve the space-saving capabilities of their file system. Building off of HFS, they increased the number of blocks from 65,536 to 4.29 billion.
Troubleshooting LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 22 6. Troubleshooting In the event that your LaCie Hard Drive 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 is still not working correctly, please have a look at the FAQs that are regularly published on our Web site – www.lacie.com. One of these FAQs may provide an answer to your specific question.
Troubleshooting LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 23 Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The drive is not recognized. Are both ends of the SCSI cable connected and properly seated? Check both ends of the SCSI cable. If the drive is still not recognized, turn off the computer, then turn off your peripheral(s). Disconnect the cables, reconnect them and turn on your peripheral(s) and computer again. If the drive is still not recognized, shut down your computer and try again.
Troubleshooting LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 24 Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The drive is not recognized. Is the terminator on the LaCie drive set correctly? Check the terminator. It should be attached for an LVD/Wide drive only if it is the last device in your SCSI chain. Otherwise, it should not be attached. Are the pins and holes in the SCSI connectors straight and not deformed? Turn off your computer and SCSI peripherals and check the cables and connectors.
Troubleshooting LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 25 Problem Questions to Ask Possible Solutions The SCSI card is not recognized. Is the SCSI card driver installed correctly and enabled? Windows 2000 Users: Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager button > SCSI Controller > click on the + sign next to the controller icon, and you should see your device listed.
Contacting Customer Support LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 26 7. Contacting Customer Support Before You Call 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 make sure all cables are correctly and firmly attached.
Contacting Customer Support LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 27 Technical Support Help Hours - continued Italy • Monday through Friday, 9 AM – 6PM Contact Us At: Technical Support: • 39 02 89 14 09 20 • support.it@lacie.com Japan • Monday through Friday 9 AM – 5PM Contact Us At: Technical Support: • 81 3 5733 2205 • support.jp@lacie.com The Netherlands • Monday through Friday 9 AM – 5PM Contact Us At: Technical Support: • 31 (0)713 326 833 • support.nl@lacie.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Contacting Customer Support page 28 7.1 Warranty LaCie warrants your hard drive 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 warranty period, LaCie will, at its option, repair or replace the defective hard drive.
Appendix - SCSI Q & A LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive page 29 8. Appendix 1 – SCSI Questions and Answers For the new user, SCSI terminology can be a little daunting. The table below was designed to help you get a clearer understanding of what the different SCSI names mean and their performance characteristics.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 30 The best solution for mixing Wide and Narrow devices is to use a host adapter that has built-in support for separate segments or channels for Wide and Narrow devices. Using this sort of host adapter will enable you to set up the Wide and Narrow devices separately, using a Narrow cable and terminator for the Narrow segment (or channel), and Wide hardware for the Wide segment (or channel).
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 31 For example, if you connect an Ultra2 (LVD) Wide hard drive (with a theoretical maximum throughput of 80MB/s and maximum cable length of 12 m) to an Ultra Wide (SE) bus (whose theoretical maximum throughput is 40MB/s and maximum cable length 1.5 m), the Ultra2 hard drive will operate in Ultra Wide mode (at a maximum of 40MB/s, with a maximum cable length of 1.5 m). Therefore, the LVD device will not be used to its full potential.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Appendix - SCSI Q & A page 32 throughput of 5Mb/s), but you are better off using active terminators on all SCSI single-ended applications. LVD SCSI devices must have external active terminators. What are device IDs, priority and arbitration? How do they affect the performance of the devices in my SCSI chain? Each SCSI device is addressed on the bus via a specific ID number.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Glossary page 33 9. Glossary Buffer- RAM cache that is faster than the data that is being delivered. Buffers are used so data may be stored and delivered to the receiving item, as it is needed. Bus- Electronic links that enable data to flow between the processor, RAM and extension cables (peripherals).
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Glossary page 34 Interface- Junction between two items of hardware or software enabling them to exchange information by adopting common physical/logical rules. KB (KiloByte)- Basically, this means 1,000 bytes, but it is actually 1,024 bytes. KB/s- Kilobytes per second. A means of measuring throughput Mb (Megabit) – Equivalent to 1,000,000 bits.. MB (Megabyte)- Basically means one million bytes, but is actually 1,024 Kilobytes or 1,024 x 1,024 bytes, which equals 1,048,576 bytes.
LaCie d2 SCSI Hard Drive Precautions page 35 10. 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 hard drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous emissions.