Drobo Robotics User Manual page 4

I. Introduction ........................................................................................ 1
II. Getting started ................................................................................... 3
Three easy steps .............................................................................. 3
Selecting hard drives ....................................................................... 3
Keeping your product up-to-date ................................................... 4
Best Practices .................................................................................. 4
III. Drobo Dashboard Overview ............................................................... 5
Drobo Dashboard basics ................................................................. 5
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IV. Drobo (1
Inserting drives into Drobo ............................................................. 8
Connect Drobo to your computer ................................................... 8
Connect power ................................................................................ 9
Connect your Drobo to a network using DroboShare ................... 10
Initialize your Drobo ...................................................................... 10
Drobo Lights .................................................................................. 14
Using Drobo Dashboard with your Drobo ..................................... 15
What to do when not using your Drobo ....................................... 17
V. DroboShare ....................................................................................... 18
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Formatting with DroboShare using Drobo Dashboard ................. 18
DroboShare Lights ......................................................................... 20
DroboShare settings ...................................................................... 21
VI. DroboPro .......................................................................................... 22
Inserting drives into DroboPro ...................................................... 22
Connect DroboPro to your computer ........................................... 22
Connect power .............................................................................. 24
Initialize your DroboPro ................................................................ 24
DroboPro Lights ............................................................................. 29
Using Drobo Dashboard with your DroboPro ............................... 30
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and 2 Generation) ........................................................... 8
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and 2 Generation Drobos to DroboShare................ 18