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Drobo 5N2 manual available for free PDF download: User Manual
Drobo 5N2 User Manual (213 pages)
Brand:
Drobo
| Category:
Storage
| Size: 4 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Drobo 5N2 User Guide
6
Before You Begin
7
Product Features at a Glance
8
Checking Box Contents
10
Checking System Requirements
11
Operating Systems Supported
12
Connectivity Interfaces Supported for the Drobo 5N2
13
Checking the Hardware You Need
14
Selecting Drives
15
Important Notes
16
Determining Drive Space Requirements
18
Using a Router or Switch with the Drobo 5N2
19
Using Power Protection
20
Setting up Your Drobo 5N2
21
Overview of First Time Setup
22
Downloading and Installing Drobo Dashboard
24
Installing Drobo Dashboard on Windows
25
Installing Drobo Dashboard on Mac
30
Connecting Cables and Powering on Your Drobo 5N2
36
Inserting Drives
39
Setting Administrator Username and Password
41
Understanding the Indicator Lights
43
Migrating a Disk Pack from Another Drobo Device
45
Using Drobo 5N2 with Time Machine
47
Where to Go Next
54
Using Best Practices for Protecting Data
55
Keeping Your Software up to Date
56
Checking for Software Updates
57
Using Online User Guide
58
Using Context-Sensitive Help
59
Using Knowledge Base
60
Registering Your Drobo 5N2
62
Getting Technical Support
65
Using and Managing Your Drobo 5N2
67
Using Drobo Dashboard
68
Installing Drobo Dashboard
69
Keeping Your Software up to Date
81
Touring Drobo Dashboard
84
Logging on to a Drobo 5N2
88
Logging out of a Drobo 5N2
89
Modifying the Administrator Username and Password
90
Renaming Your Drobo 5N2
92
Safely Shutting down Your Drobo 5N2
93
Safely Shutting down Your Drobo 5N2 Using Drobo Dashboard
94
Restarting Your Drobo 5N2
96
Resetting Your Drobo 5N2
98
Blinking Lights to Test Connectivity
100
Enabling or Disabling the System Tray
101
Modifying Device Settings for Your Drobo 5N2
102
Managing Auto-Discovery of Drobo 5N2
103
Adding a Drobo 5N2 by Its IP Address
104
Enabling or Disabling a Drobo Device by Its IP Address
106
Enabling or Disabling Auto-Discovery of Drobo 5N2
107
Removing a Drobo 5N2 by Its IP Address from the Discovery List
108
Enabling or Disabling Dual Disk Redundancy
109
Modifying the Disk Drive Spin down Time
111
Dimming the Lights on Your Drobo 5N2
113
Setting Your Drobo 5N2 to Independent Network Mode or Network Interface Bonding Mode
114
Configuring Network Settings (and IP Addresses) for Your Drobo 5N2
115
Modifying the MTU Settings for Jumbo Frames
117
Creating and Using Shares
119
Creating Shares
121
Creating Users
124
Assigning Users Access Rights to a Share
127
Assign Users Access Rights Via Shares View
128
Assign Users Access Rights Via Users View
129
Mounting Shares
130
Accessing Shares as the User
132
Renaming or Modifying Users
133
Deleting Users
136
Renaming Shares
137
Deleting Shares
140
Managing Capacity (Drive Space)
141
Calculating Capacity to Use
142
Adding Capacity (or Drives)
143
Removing Capacity (or Drives)
145
Checking Storage Usage and Device Status Information
147
Checking Storage Usage
148
Viewing the Capacity Chart
149
Viewing Storage Usage
151
Checking the Status of Your Drobo 5N2
153
Checking Your Drobo 5N2'S Serial Number
155
Checking Your Drobo 5N2'S Firmware Version
156
Checking Your Current Version of Drobo Dashboard
157
Checking Current Version on Windows
158
Checking Current Version on Mac
159
Checking System Information
160
Checking Drive Information
162
Checking Network Information
164
Getting Diagnostics on Your Drobo 5N2
166
Understanding the Indicator Lights
168
Using Additional Software and Functionality
170
Using On-Screen and E-Mail Alerts
171
Setting up or Modifying Email Alerts
172
Modifying When to Send Email Alerts
178
Disabling Email Alerts
180
Modifying When to Send On-Screen Alerts
181
Disabling On-Screen Alerts
183
Setting or Modifying Email Alerts for a Selected Drobo 5N2 Only
184
Using Drobodr to Replicate Data
186
Checking System Requirements for Drobodr
187
Setting up Your Drobo Device to Use Drobodr
188
Setting or Modifying a Drobodr Schedule
189
Starting a Drobodr Manually
191
Stopping a Drobodr in Progress
193
Viewing the Summary Log of Synchronizations
194
Saving a Detailed Log of Synchronizations to View
196
Disabling Drobodr at the Source
197
Disabling Drobodr at the Target
199
Configuring the Destination Drobo Device
201
Configuring the Source Drobo Device
203
Using Droboapps
205
Enabling or Disabling Drobo Apps
206
Managing Drobo Apps
207
Inserting an Msata SSD
210
Removing an Msata SSD
212
Troubleshooting Your Drobo 5N2
213
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