Drobo Mini - Setting Up Your Drobo Mini; Installing Drobo Dashboard

Drobo Mini Getting Started Guide 11
Setting Up Your Drobo Mini
Once you have unpacked your Drobo Mini from its box and ensured you meet all system and
hardware requirements, it is time to set up your Drobo Mini for use.
Note: Be sure to remove the "READ THIS" label from the front of your Drobo Mini before inserting
drives and using your Drobo Mini.
Setting up your Drobo Mini can be done in just a few easy steps!
1.
Install Drobo Dashboard.
2.
Install an mSATA SSD (optional).
3.
Insert the drives.
4.
Connect the cables.
5.
Turn on the power and format the drives.
Installing Drobo Dashboard
Drobo Dashboard is the software companion to your Drobo Mini, 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 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.