# Configuring an enclosure: the basic steps

The following steps are an overview of the enclosure configuration process:

1. In the Enterprise view, click (enclosure) that you want to configure.

2. In the Logical devices view, click ; or click on the toolbar. The Configuration wizard opens.

3. Select the physical drives that you want to include in your arrays or create as hot-spare drives.

4. Define the logical drives for your arrays.
5. Define the authentication method for each logical drive (iSCSI initiators only).
6. Define the initiators that can access the enclosure.
7. Assign logical drives to initiators.
8. Review the configuration summary.
9. Click Apply. The ServeRAID Manager will configure the controller and synchronize the logical drives.

## More information

- Configuring RAID

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