LaCie d2 Network 2 User Manual

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LaCie d2 Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering Your LaCie d2 Network 2User Manual page 574.16.1. Connecting an External Hard DriveYou can connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk or USB key toback up the data on your LaCie d2 Network 2 or as a way to addstorage capacity. Connected hard disks are accessed similarly toshared folders.TECHNICAL NOTE: External USB or eSATA hard disks must beformatted in one of the supported systems to be compatible with theLaCie d2 Network 2: MS-DOS (FAT32), NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, or XFS.To connect an external hard disk:1. Make sure that your LaCie d2 Network 2 is connected to yourhome network.2. Turn on the external hard disk and connect its USB or eSATAcable to the USB port (type A; see Fig. 79) on the LaCie d2Network 2 (Fig. 79).3. In a few seconds, the disk should appear as a share in LaCieNetwork Assistant and in the Dashboard. To access the fileson the hard disk, connect to it like a regular shared folder asdescribed in section 3. Accessing and Transferring Files (con-nected USB hard disks are always Public shares and are there-fore Read-Write for all users).To eject an external hard disk:To unmount an attached USB hard drive, click the Eject button.IMPORTANT NOTE: The maximum capacity supported for an ex-ternal drive formatted in MS-DOS (FAT32) is 500 GB. In case thecapacity of the connected external drive exceeds this limit, the drivewill not be recognized by the d2 Network 2.IMPORTANT NOTE: The maximum capacity supported for an ex-ternal drive formatted in any file system is 2TB. Drives with greatercapacity will not be recognized by the d2 Network 2.Fig. 79External USBHard Disk