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In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance.
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2
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In the Available Drives list, select the drives you want to include in the unit by marking the checkbox in front of the Port number for each one.
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3
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Click Create Unit.
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4
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In the Type field, select the RAID configuration you want.
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5
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If stripe size applies to the RAID type you select, select a Stripe Size. (Stripe size does not apply to RAID 1.)
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Optional: In the Name box, enter a name for the unit (up to 21 characters, including dashes and underscores).
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If you have 12 drives attached to the controller and selected RAID 50 as the configuration in step 3, select whether you want 3, 4, or 6 Drives Per Subunit, as shown here.
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Make changes to the unit policies, as desired. You can enable or disable the Write Cache, Auto Verify, and Continue on Source Error During Rebuild. You can also set the StorSave policy.
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Click OK.
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Partition, format, and mount the unit. The required steps will vary depending on the operating system. For details, see Partitioning, Formatting, and Mounting Units.
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Note: For RAID 5 and RAID 6 units with 5 or more disks, and RAID 50 units with subunits of 6 drives, initialization (synchronization) of the unit begins immediately.
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