System Profiler sees LaCie ext. d2 Blu-ray as an int. Pioneer BDR-205

I recently updated to Snow Leopard, Final Cut Studio 7 and Toast 10 with a new LaCie d2 Blu-ray burner.
Toast sees my LaCie as an internal Pioneer BDR-205 for some reason. I checked the System Profiler under firewire drives, and it says the same thing.
Why??? How can I fix this???
Thanks!
Casey

System Profiler is correct. The blu-ray drive in the LaCie d2 is, indeed, a Pioneer BDR-205. LaCie doesn't make their own drives, they make the enclosures and controllers.
When you look under FireWire, it should list the device referring to the controller (LaCie). When it refers to the burner, it should generally identify the device attached to the controller (Pioneer). The rationale is pretty straight forward. When using the device as a simple storage device, the controller is the party responsible for brokering that activity. However, when accessing the disc's burning function, additional information about the drive's attributes, commands, and capabilities is required and so the connected device is directly addressed.
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