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### To Create a Volume

Note - You cannot change a volume's name after creating and naming it.

1. Select the Configuration/Array selection tab.
2. Select an array from the Array Selection table and select Manage Volumes from the drop-down menu. Alternately, you can click "Configure" and select "Volumes" view from the sub-reports section of the page.

The Manage Volumes page displays a current list of volumes on the selected array. The Volume table displays the Name, Pool, Profile name, LUN, Capacity, and Status of currently-configured volumes.

3. Click Create.

The Create New Volume wizard is displayed in a new window.

4. Select or type the following in the wizard:

- Volume name; the name can contain only 9 characters (a-z or A-Z)

- Storage pool to which you add the volume

- Volume size - The minimum size for the new volume is 10MB; the maximum size for a new volume is 2 TB (the maximum size of the pool).

- Permissions: None, Read-Write, Read-Only

- Default logical unit number (LUN)

- Volume group to which you add the volume

5. Click Confirm.