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LED states

The LED on the front of the LaCie 2big provides indications on the state of its health:

LED State
Solid blue The product is in active mode.
Blinking blue The product is starting up or shutting down. The LED will become solid blue once it has initialized.
Blinking blue and red The product is synchronizing the RAID SAFE.
Solid red RAID SAFE is broken; the device's temperature is too high; or, the product is experiencing a severe error. Contact LaCie technical support
Blinking red RAID SAFE is degraded.
Off The product is: turned off; not receiving power; in idle mode; experiencing system failure; or, experiencing electronic board failure. See below for information on powering down the hard drives within the enclosure. If the device is connected to a power supply and turned on but the LED remains off, contact LaCie technical support.

Hard drive LEDs

The hard drive LEDS are located on top of the hard drive drawers.

LED Behavior State
Solid blue The product is in active mode.
Blinking blue The product is starting up; data is being copied to or from the product; data is being accessed.
Solid red Failed hard drive. Contact LaCie technical support
Off The product is: turned off; not receiving power; in idle mode; experiencing system failure; or, experiencing electronic board failure. See below for information on powering down the hard drives within the enclosure. If the device is connected to a power supply and turned on but the LED remains off, contact LaCie technical support.

 

Receiving power

The LaCie 2big powers on automatically when it meets the following two conditions:

  • Connected directly to a computer via the USB port. The computer must be powered on.
  • Connected to a live power source via the included power supply.

Note on the USB 3.0 connection: The LaCie 2big can be connected to a USB 2.0 port on your computer. To take advantage of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 transfer rates, you must connect the enclosure to a computer with a USB 3.0 port.

LED button

The LED is also a button to turn the LaCie 2big on or off. Always eject the LaCie 2big’s volumes before turning it off or placing it in idle and power-saving modes.

  • Long press. Push the LED for two seconds to power off the enclosure.
  • Short press. Push the LED for one second to: power on the device; place the device into idle mode (Thunderbolt 2 only, see below); wake the device from idle mode (Thunderbolt 2 only, see below); or, place the device into power-saving mode (USB 3.0, see below).

The LaCie 2big powers on automatically when it is connected to a computer that is also powered on. However, if you turn the LaCie 2big off using a long press, you must turn the device on manually.

 

Idle mode (Thunderbolt 2 only)

You can use the LED button to enter idle mode:

  1. Unmount the volumes (see Unmounting Your Drive).
  2. Apply a short press to the LED button.

The enclosure will stop sending power to the hard drives. Idle mode allows you to daisy chain Thunderbolt 2 devices and first generation Thunderbolt devices even when the hard drives are not active.

To exit idle mode, apply a short press to the LED button. The hard drives spin up and the volumes should appear on the desktop.

Technical note: The LaCie 2big must receive power via its power cable to allow for a daisy chain in idle mode.

Power-saving mode (USB 3.0)

The LaCie 2big will stop sending power to the hard drives when it enters power-saving mode. To spin down the hard drives, apply a short press to the LED button. Perform the same action to exit power-saving mode.

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