Safely Shutting Down Your Drobo Device Manually - Drobo B800FS Getting Started Manual

Drive Bay
Action Indicators
Figure 6: Indicator lights on a Drobo B800fs
2. Also check to ensure the drive bay action indicator lights are not blinking
alternately between yellow and green. This indicates that your Drobo device is
busy working to protect your data. Wait until these lights are a solid green.
3. In Drobo Dashboard, double-click the Drobo device that you would like to shut
down from the All Devices page.
The Capacity and Tools page appears.
4. Click the Tools drop-down list, and select the Shutdown icon.
A message appears, asking you to confirm the shutdown.
5. Click the Yes button.
It can take up to two minutes for your Drobo device to power down.

Safely Shutting Down your Drobo Device Manually

Although Drobo Dashboard allows for a "cleaner" shut down, you can safely shut down
your Drobo device manually.
1. Check that the activity light on your Drobo device is off, indicating that no data is actively
being transferred to or from your Drobo device. Refer to Figure 5 or 6 in the previous steps.
Note: If data is actively being transferred, the activity light will be blinking green.
2. Also check to ensure the drive bay action indicator lights are not blinking
alternately between yellow and green. This indicates that your Drobo device is
busy working to protect your data. Wait until these lights are a solid green.
3. Press the power toggle button on the back of your Drobo device once.
It can take up to two minutes for your Drobo device to power down.
Capacity Gauge
Activity
Power
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