.. _Creating Storage Cluster:

Creating Storage Cluster
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To create the storage cluster, do the following:

#. In the management panel, open the **INFRASTRUCTURE** > **Nodes** screen and click the node in the **UNASSIGNED** list.

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#. On the node overview screen, click **Create cluster**.

#. In the **Cluster** field, type a name for the cluster. The name may only contain Latin letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores ("_") and dashes ("-").

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#. Click **NEW CLUSTER**.

You can monitor cluster creation progress in the **HEALTHY** list of the **NODES** screen.
