Advanced Drobo Dashboard

Drobo Status

The status window provides an at-a-glance view of your Drobo storage device.

Each drive bay provides information about status and capacity for each drive in your Drobo device. If there is no drive in a bay, it will be empty in the status window.

The upper left corner of this frame displays the system status, which normally shows "Drobo is Healthy."

In the rare event that a drive has failed or been improperly removed, you will see "Data At Risk" in red letters while Drobo rearranges your data into a protected state (relayout).

Storage Capacity

This is the numerical representation of the pie chart found on the main page of Drobo Dashboard.

Data Protection

Messages that appear in this area inform you of the status of your data. Messages that can appear are shown below:

Your data is protected: Confirms that all your files are protected.

In Progress: Data is being rearranged (relayout) across all of the drives in order to maximize protection.

Tip: During data protection you may continue to access your data.

Warning: Do not remove any drives until the data bay indicators stop blinking green and yellow or you may lose data.

Your data is at risk: Indicates insufficient free space. Your data is at risk until you add another drive or upsize an existing drive with one of larger capacity. The data bay indicator will be either yellow or red.

Warning: Add a new drive now or upsize an existing drive with one that has more capacity. Otherwise, you may lose data or, minimally see slower performance.

Suggested Actions

Provides further instructions when you need to perform a task. The "Show me how..." button takes you to our website with a number of useful video tutorials.

Blink Lights

Identifies the particular Drobo device the Drobo Dashboard is reporting on. This is useful when multiple Drobo devices are connected to the same Mac. The data bay indicator lights will blink green and red for several seconds.

Standby (Drobo Only)

Puts Drobo into a state which will allow you to disconnect Drobo from your Mac and/or power.

Note: Wait until all lights on Drobo go dark and the power light turns orange before removing drives or power from Drobo.

Clicking this button will complete any necessary actions on your Drobo device and safely shut down the unit. You can then remove drives and remove power or disconnect the data cable.

Note: Wait until the power light turns off before removing drives or power from your Drobo device.

Format (all products except Drobo FS)

Erases all existing data on drives and reformats the hard drives in your Drobo device.

Once the format process begins, you will have the option to choose a format type. See Formatting Drives Using Drobo Dashboard for more information.

Warning: The format process is irreversible and all data stored on the drives in your Drobo device will be erased.

Reset

Resets your Drobo back to its factory defaults.

Warning: The reset process is irreversible and all data stored on the drives in your Drobo device will be erased.

Rename Drobo and Volumes

Allows you to rename your Drobo device and the volumes on it.

Drobo to send alert...

• on all useful information - Drobo Dashboard will display pop-up alerts on all information provided by the Drobo storage device.
• when a situation is important - Drobo Dashboard will display pop-up alerts that warn of an important change that could lead to data loss in the near future. This is the default setting.
• on critical situations only - Drobo Dashboard will display pop-up alerts that warn of a critical situation that could lead to immediate data loss.

Settings - Drobo S and Drobo FS

Click to access the Drobo S Settings or Drobo FS Settings page. In the Settings page, you can enable or disable Dual Disk Redundancy, set the time for Disk Drive Spin Down and dim the lights on your Drobo S or Drobo FS.

Note: This button is only accessible if you are connected to a Drobo S or Drobo FS.

Settings - DroboPro/DroboElite

Click to access the DroboPro Settings or DroboElite Settings page. You can use this button to set up network configurations and customize your Drobo storage array to suit your specific needs.

Note: This button is only accessible if you are connected to a DroboPro or DroboElite.

Volume Management - DroboPro/DroboElite

Click to access the Volume Management page. You can create new volumes, delete existing volumes and rename volumes on your DroboPro/DroboElite.

Note: This button is only accessible if you are connected to a DroboPro/DroboElite.

Setup - DroboShare (1st and 2nd generation Drobo only)

Click to access the DroboShare Settings page.

Note: This button is only accessible if your 1st or 2nd generation Drobo is connected to a DroboShare. Otherwise, it is grayed out.

Standby - DroboShare (1st and 2nd generation Drobo only)

Puts all DroboShare-attached Drobos into a state which will allow you to safely disconnect them from the DroboShare or power.

Note: Wait until all lights on Drobo go dark and the power light turns orange before disconnecting Drobo or power from the DroboShare.

Note: This button is only accessible if your 1st or 2nd generation Drobo is connected to a DroboShare. Otherwise, it is grayed out.

Updates - Register

Opens a web browser and takes you directly to the Data Robotics, Inc. product registration website.

Tip: Register your Drobo storage device to gain access to special offers and technical support.

Updates - Check For Updates

Checks for newer versions of Drobo Dashboard and your Drobo storage device's firmware.

Note: Do not remove drives or disconnect the data cable or power cord during the update process.

Updates - Check for updates automatically

Periodically checks the update server for newer versions of Drobo Dashboard, and your Drobo device firmware and notifies you when a newer version is available.

Updates - Serial Numbers

Displays the serial numbers for your Drobo device(s).

Updates - Installed Versions

Lists the version number of the installed Drobo Dashboard and the firmware version(s) of your Drobo device(s).