Drobo 5C - Page 4

Drobo 5C User Guide 4
1.4.3 Formatting Your Drobo 5C ................................................................................. 91
1.4.4 Safely Shutting Down Your Drobo 5C ................................................................ 95
1.4.4.1 Safely Shutting Down Your Drobo 5C Using Drobo Dashboard ................. 96
1.4.5 Resetting Your Drobo 5C .................................................................................... 98
1.4.6 Blinking Lights to Test Connectivity ................................................................... 99
1.4.7 Enabling or Disabling the System Tray ............................................................. 100
1.5 Modifying Device Settings for Your Drobo 5C ....................................................... 102
1.5.1 Enabling Automatic Check for Software Updates ........................................... 103
1.5.2 Enabling or Disabling Dual Disk Redundancy ................................................... 105
1.5.3 Dimming the Lights on Your Drobo 5C ............................................................ 107
1.6 Managing Capacity (Drive Space) .......................................................................... 108
1.6.1 Calculating Capacity to Use .............................................................................. 109
1.6.2 Adding Capacity (or Drives).............................................................................. 110
1.6.3 Removing Capacity (or Drives) ......................................................................... 113
1.7 Checking Storage Usage and Device Status Information....................................... 115
1.7.1 Checking Storage Usage ................................................................................... 116
1.7.1.1 Viewing the Capacity Chart ...................................................................... 117
1.7.1.2 Viewing Storage Usage ............................................................................. 119
1.7.2 Checking the Status of Your Drobo 5C ............................................................. 121
1.7.3 Checking Your Drobo 5C's Serial Number ........................................................ 123
1.7.4 Checking Your Drobo 5C's Firmware Version .................................................. 124
1.7.5 Checking Your Current Version of Drobo Dashboard ...................................... 125
1.7.5.1 Checking Current Version on Windows .................................................... 126