Configuring a New Unitwww.3ware.com 1079 Click OK.The new unit appears in the Unit Maintenance list at the top of the pageand the operating system is notified of the new unit.If you have auto-carving enabled and the size of your unit exceeds thecarve size, you may see multiple unit volumes in your operating system.For details, see “Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support” onpage 92.In Linux, a device node will now be associated with each unit created. InWindows, the device manager will reflect the changes under the diskdrives icon.10 Partition, format, and mount the unit. The required steps will varydepending on the operating system. For details, see “Partitioning,Formatting, and Mounting Units” on page 111.Creating a Unit through 3BMIn 3BM, configuration tasks start from the main 3ware BIOS Manager screenshown in Figure 48.Figure 48. 3BM Main DisplayTo create a unit through 3BM1 At the main 3BM screen, select the drives to be included by highlightingeach one and pressing Enter or Space to select it.When you select a drive, an asterisk appears next to it in the left mostcolumn (see Figure 49).Note: For RAID 5 and RAID 6 units with 5 or more disks, and RAID50 units with subunits of 5 drives or more, initialization(synchronization) of the unit begins immediately.The unit can be used while it is initializing and is fault-tolerant.
