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Creating a unit through 3dm2 – Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e User Manual

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Configuring a New Unit

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Creating a Unit through 3DM2

In 3DM2, creating a unit starts from the

Management >>

Maintenance

page

(Figure 39).

Figure 39. 3DM2 Maintenance Page

To create a unit

1

In 3DM2, choose

Management >> Maintenance.

2

In the Available Drives list, select the drives you want to include in the
unit by marking the checkbox in front of the VPort number for each one.

All drives in a unit must be of the same type—either SAS or SATA.

Although the best practice is to create a unit from drives in the same
enclosure, you can create a unit with drives from different enclosures.

3

Click

Create Unit

.

A window similar to the one below shows the drives you selected, and
lets you specify configuration settings.