Turning On Your Drobo 5D And Formatting The Drives - Drobo 5D Getting Started Manual

Turning On Your Drobo 5D and Formatting the Drives

With Drobo Dashboard installed on your host computer and cables connected, you are ready to
turn on your Drobo device and format the drives.
1. With Drobo Dashboard open on your computer, press the power toggle button on the back of
your Drobo device once.
Your Drobo device powers on and appears on the All Drobos page in Drobo Dashboard.
Note: Some Windows and Mac operating systems will also prompt you to format the drives.
Click Cancel or Ignore, as appropriate, and continue with formatting from Drobo Dashboard.
2. Double-click on the Drobo 5D icon on the All Drobos page.
A message appears, asking if you would like to format the device.
3. Click the Yes button.
The Format Type page opens. Depending on your operating system the page displays with
different options.
The File Format page for Drobo 5D in OS X:
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