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Drobo 5D3 manuals available for free PDF download: User Manual, Quick Start Manual
Drobo 5D3 User Manual (115 pages)
Brand:
Drobo
| Category:
Lighting Equipment
| Size: 2.93 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Drobo 5D3 User Guide
6
Before You Begin
7
Product Features at a Glance
7
Checking Box Contents
8
Checking System Requirements
9
Operating Systems Supported
9
Connectivity Interfaces Supported for Drobo 5D3
9
Checking the Hardware You Need
12
Selecting Drives
13
Determining Drive Space Requirements
15
Using Power Protection
16
Setting up Your Drobo 5D3
17
Downloading and Installing Drobo Dashboard
17
Installing Drobo Dashboard on Windows
18
Installing Drobo Dashboard on Mac
21
Inserting Drives
27
Connecting Cables on Your Drobo 5D3
28
Connecting Directly to Your Drobo 5D3
29
Connecting Your Drobo in a Daisy Chain
30
Powering on Your Drobo 5D3
33
Initializing and Updating Your Drobo 5D3 to the Latest Firmware
34
Formatting the Drives for Your Drobo 5D3
37
Selecting a File System and Volume Size for Your Drobo 5D3
37
Turning on Your Drobo 5D3 and Formatting the Drives
38
Registering Your Drobo 5D3
42
Migrating a Disk Pack from Another Drobo Device
45
Using Drobo 5D3 with Time Machine or Backup Software
47
Where to Go Next
51
Using Best Practices for Protecting Data
51
Keeping Your Software up to Date
51
Checking for Software Updates
52
Using the Online User Guide
52
Using Context-Sensitive Help
53
Using Knowledge Base
54
Registering Your Drobo 5D3
54
Getting Support
57
Using and Managing Your Drobo 5D3
59
Using Drobo Dashboard
59
Keeping Your Software up to Date
59
Checking for Software Updates
60
Manually Updating Firmware from Drobo Website
60
Touring Drobo Dashboard
61
Renaming Your Drobo 5D3
65
Formatting Your Drobo 5D3
66
Safely Shutting down Your Drobo 5D3
71
Safely Shutting down Your Drobo 5D3 Using Drobo Dashboard
71
Resetting Your Drobo 5D3
73
Blinking Lights to Test Connectivity
74
Enabling or Disabling System Tray
75
Modifying Device Settings for Your Drobo 5D3
77
Enabling or Disabling Dual Disk Redundancy
77
Modifying the Disk Drive Spin down Time
79
Dimming the Lights on Your Drobo 5D3
80
Managing Capacity (Drive Space)
81
Calculating Capacity to Use
81
Adding Capacity (or Drives)
82
Removing Capacity (or Drives)
84
Inserting an Msata SSD
85
Removing an Msata SSD
87
Checking Storage Usage and Device Status Information
89
Checking Storage Usage
89
Viewing Capacity Chart
90
Viewing Storage Usage
91
Checking the Status of Your Drobo 5D3
93
Checking Your Drobo 5D3'S Serial Number
94
Checking Your Drobo 5D3'S Firmware Version
95
Checking the Current Version of Drobo Dashboard
96
Checking System Information
98
Checking Drive Information
99
Checking Performance Information
101
Getting Diagnostics on Your Drobo 5D3
102
Understanding the Indicator Lights
104
Using On-Screen and E-Mail Alerts
106
Setting up or Modifying E-Mail Alerts
106
Modifying When to Send E-Mail Alerts
112
Disabling E-Mail Alerts
113
Modifying When to Send On-Screen Alerts
114
Disabling On-Screen Alerts
115
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Drobo 5D3 Quick Start Manual (2 pages)
Migrating Your Data
Brand:
Drobo
| Category:
Storage
| Size: 0.24 MB
Table of Contents
Migration Paths Supported
1
Migration Paths Not Supported
1
When to Use Copy Data?
1
How to Check if You’re on the Latest Firmware?
1
Migration of Data to Drobo 5D3 Is a One-Way Operation
2
To Migrate a Disk Pack from One Drobo Device to Drobo 5D3
2
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