So grab a copy of Drobo Dashboard 2.6.2 at this link to install first before upgrading to the latest release on a clean install. Any Drobo should be upgradable to modern firmware using the dashboard. The iSCSI connection was maintained after a subsequent upgrade to the current Dashboard 2.7.1. Drobo has been tested with every old firmware version. You have to use an older version of Drobo Dashboard version V 1.6.8.Here are the direct links to DataRobotics support dir with the files: ddinstaller1-6-8. Sure enough, when I dropped the install back to 2.6.2 I was able to connect right away. So despite no mention of it in the release notes, it appears something about the iSCSI initiator changed in 2.6.3 as well. Drobo Dashboard versions 2.6.4 and later will no longer be including ATTOs iSCSI initiator.Drobo Dashboard versions 2.6.2 and earlier included ATTOs iSCSI initiator as part of the Drobo Dashboard install package.Interestingly this old support article from last year now makes no mention of Dashboard 2.6.3 but instead says: VERSION INFORMATION Drobo Dashboard: Version 2.0.3 2.8 (Mac) Version 2.0.3 2. I decided to take a step back and review all the information I had available, something I should have done more carefully in the first place. I could connect via USB for management so I knew the unit itself was functioning but had no access to the data. However no combination/order of installing the OS and Drobo Dashboard with or without Java resulted in successfully being able to see the B800i over ethernet. So I grabbed version 2.6.3 from my archives and got to work. Read on for how I finally got it going.īased on discussions and documents from last year I knew I needed to start with a version of Drobo Dashboard prior to 2.6.4, because that was the version the iSCSI initiator was removed from the application. Please ensure you have the latest Drobo Dashboard and firmware on both the older Drobo and Drobo 5C before moving disk packs. The difference between the three levels of alerts isnt readily apparent but in a way thats the beauty of Drobo FS. Likewise, the Drobo Dashboard software has seen a number of improvements since I last played with it on the Drobo 5N and has a number of new apps including surveillance applications and plex.
#OLD VERSIONS OF DROBO DASHBOARD MAC OS X#
A year after my article detailing the removal of the iSCSI initiator from the Drobo Dashboard software, the time finally arrived that I needed to setup a Drobo B800i on a clean install of Mac OS X El Capitan.ĭespite being prepared for what I was getting into it still didn’t go smoothly. The Drobo Dashboard can also send automatic email alerts for 1. PERFORMANCE With an improved CPU over the previous Drobo NAS, as well as twice the memory at 2GB of DDR3 RAM, the Drobo performs itS tasks well.
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