Lennox Hearth D2 LaCie d2 Scsi AIT Drive Introduction, Icons Used in This Manual, Precautions

1. Introduction

Congratulations on the purchase of your new LaCie AIT drive. LaCie tape drives deliver a cost-effective, reliable way to protect against devastating data loss, at home and in the office. Use your new tape drive in conjunction with effective tape rotation and a detailed disaster recovery plan to make your critical data virtually untouchable. Based upon standard technology with clear migration paths, LaCie tape drives are backward compatible to allow for capacity growth.

With a variety of tape formats and capacities to choose from, LaCie tape drives are suitable for a range of environments, from workstations and small networks and servers, to high-end, enterprise-level backup.

For added value, the LaCie AIT drive was designed to allow you to use your desk-space efficiently. Engineered to be rack mountable, you can quickly and easily integrate the LaCie AIT drive into your standard 19-inch computer equipment racks, using the LaCie rackmount kit (sold separately).

With all it can do for you, we’re confident that your LaCie AIT drive will quickly become an important tool in your day-to-day business and personal computing.

This manual will help you to:

•Install your new device properly

•Get your drive up and running

•Quickly learn how to operate it

1.1 Icons Used in This Manual

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Precautions

Always follow the basic precautions to use your LaCie AIT drive safely and correctly. Respecting these guidelines will help to avoid the possibility of personal injury to yourself or others, as well as to prevent damage to your device and other computer equipment. For a complete list of precautions, please see 10. Health, Safety and General Use Precautions of this manual.

Warranty

LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems caused as a result. As a precaution, it is recommended that the tape media be tested after they have been written to. Under no circumstances do LaCie or its suppliers guarantee the reliability of the tape media used in this drive.