Drobo 5D3 - Page 3

Drobo 5D3 User Guide 3
3.6.2 Turning On Your Drobo 5D3 and Formatting the Drives ................................... 38
3.7 Registering Your Drobo 5D3 .................................................................................... 42
3.8 Migrating a Disk Pack from Another Drobo Device ................................................. 45
3.9 Using Drobo 5D3 with Time Machine or Backup Software ..................................... 47
4 Where To Go Next ........................................................................................................... 51
4.1 Using Best Practices for Protecting Data ................................................................. 51
4.2 Keeping Your Software Up to Date .......................................................................... 51
4.2.1 Checking for Software Updates ......................................................................... 52
4.3 Using the Online User Guide .................................................................................... 52
4.4 Using Context-Sensitive Help ................................................................................... 53
4.5 Using Knowledge Base ............................................................................................. 54
4.6 Registering Your Drobo 5D3 .................................................................................... 54
4.7 Getting Support........................................................................................................ 57
5 Using and Managing Your Drobo 5D3 ............................................................................. 59
5.1 Using Drobo Dashboard ........................................................................................... 59
5.1.1 Keeping Your Software Up to Date .................................................................... 59
5.1.1.1 Checking for Software Updates .................................................................. 60
5.1.2 Manually Updating Firmware from Drobo Website .......................................... 60
5.1.3 Touring Drobo Dashboard ................................................................................. 61
5.2 Renaming Your Drobo 5D3 ...................................................................................... 65
5.3 Formatting Your Drobo 5D3..................................................................................... 66
5.4 Safely Shutting Down Your Drobo 5D3 .................................................................... 71
5.4.1 Safely Shutting Down Your Drobo 5D3 Using Drobo Dashboard ...................... 71