Setting Up Your Drobo 5D; Installing Drobo Dashboard - Drobo 5D Getting Started Manual

Setting Up Your Drobo 5D

Once you have unpacked your Drobo 5D from its box and ensured you meet all
hardware requirements, it is time to set up your Drobo 5D for use. This can be done in just a few
easy steps!
1. Install Drobo
2. Install an mSATA Card
3. Insert the
4. Connect the
5. Turn on the power and format the

Installing Drobo Dashboard

Drobo Dashboard is the software companion to your Drobo 5D, enabling you to easily set up and
manage your Drobo device. Immediately following installation, you can choose to set Drobo
Dashboard to automatically install version updates, which we highly recommend.
Drobo software and firmware updates can also be installed from
www.drobo.com/support/updates.
Note: You need to have administrator rights on the computer on which you install Drobo
Dashboard, and also have access to the Internet.
1. Navigate to www.drobo.com/start and click on the latest Drobo Dashboard for your Drobo
product to run and install it.
Note: The first time you install Drobo Dashboard, you will be asked to select a language from
the drop-down list. Please do this.
The Drobo Dashboard Installer (or Installation Wizard) opens, preparing to install.
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Dashboard.
(optional).
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cables.
drives.
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