ESATA Cables and Connectors, ESATA Icons | LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400

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■2.5.3. eSATA Cables and Connectors

Your LaCie Biggest Quadra uses the latest in SATA technology, allowing interface (or bus) transfer rates of up to 3 Gbits/s. SATA technology was originally de- veloped to serve as an internal interface, delivering im- proved performance to internal connections. Soon after, eSATA, or external SATA was developed, allowing for the use of shielded cables outside the PC.

eSATA technology was developed to be rugged and durable. eSATA connectors do not have the “L” shaped design of other SATA connectors. In addition, the guide features are vertically offset and reduced in size to pre- vent the use of unshielded internal cables in external ap- plications.

eSATA Icons

This icon will help you easily identify the eSATA interfaces.They appear on eSATA cables and next to the eSATA port connectors on certain computers.

eSATA 1.5 Gbits/s icon

eSATA Cables

Your LaCie drive is shipped with a eSATA cable, to ensure maximum data transfer performance when con- nected to a eSATA port.

S-ATA	S-ATA
	eSATA Cable and Cable End

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LaCie FIREWIRE 800/400 user manual ESATA Cables and Connectors, ESATA Icons

Contents

Biggest Quadra Table of Contents Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest Quadra FCC Statement CopyrightsTrademarks Changes General Use Precautions Health and Safety Precautions LaCie Biggest Quadra Forward Introduction to the LaCie Biggest Quadra Biggest Quadra Features Mac Users About the LaCie Biggest QuadraMinimum System Requirements Windows Users Your LaCie hard drive package should contain the following Package Content Specifications Front View Views of the Drive Rear View FireWire 400 and 800 Cables and Connectors Cables and Connectors USB 2.0 Cables Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Cables and ConnectorsUSB Icons Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Benefits ESATA Cables and Connectors ESATA IconsESATA Cables Drive Tray Locks To lock a drive trayTo unlock a drive tray Recommended Uses Characteristics and AdvantagesUnderstanding RAID RAID High Data Transfer Performance RAID 0 + Controller RAID 5 + Hot Spare Setting Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest Quadra Example Setting the RAID Level RAID 5 + Hot Spare RAID RAID 0 + To initialize the disks in your array Creating an ArrayInitializing the Disks On next LaCie Biggest Quadra Setting Up the Biggest Quadra 2.A Managing Volumes over 2TB in Windows Connecting to a Host Computer 1.A Connecting to the Host Computer via FireWire Connecting to the Host Computer via Hi-Speed USB Connecting to the Host Computer via eSATA YY/MM/DD Hhmm Setting the LCD Display Time & Date Initialize Formatting and Partitioning 1.C Mac Users Disk Status and Activity Indicators Using the LaCie Biggest Quadra LCD Display Messages Initialization MessagesLCD Display Message Message Cleared When Rebuild Messages Dx Rebuild Fan Failure Message LCD Display Message Cleared When Failure and Error MessagesRAID Failure Messages LCD Display Message Cleared When Disk Failure Message LCD Display Message Cleared When Overheating Error Message LCD Display Message Cleared When Power On LCD Display Message Message Cleared WhenRAID and Disk Status Messages Disk Information LCD Display Message Message Cleared When RAID and Disk Information MessagesReady LCD Display Message Message Cleared When RAID Level LCD Display Message Message Cleared When Serial Number LCD Display Message Message Cleared When Firmware Version LCD Display Message Message Cleared When Firmware Updates Maintaining Your LaCie Biggest QuadraRemoving/Replacing a Drive File System Formats Technical Information Use HFS+ if FATUse Ntfs if Use FAT 32 if Optimizing Data Transfers Available Storage Capacity FireWire 800 Ports and Performance Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports and Performance What Does Ieee 1394 Mean? FireWire Questions & AnswersWhat Are The Benefits Of The FireWire Inter- faces? What Are The Ideal Uses For FireWire? What Do I Do If My Computer Does Not Have a FireWire Port? USB Questions & Answers LaCie Biggest Quadra USB Questions & Answers ESATA Questions & Answers What is eSATA? What are the ideal uses of Serial ATA? Troubleshooting Manual UpdatesProblem Possible Solutions Example Information to Include in Email Correspondence Information Where to Find InformationContacting Customer Support Before You Contact Technical Support LaCie Technical Support Contacts Warranty Information