NAS Initialization w/SSD

[Enquiries]

Hello,

Thank you for your original reply to my NAS question. I am finally have all the parts I need to re-initialize my Asustor 5404T NAS and I had a couple of follow up questions. So I have backed up everything onto an external drive and I am ready to start fresh. I removed all of my HDD's from the unit and installed the following SSD:

WD Red™ SA500 NAS SATA SSD 1TB

However when I go to initialize the drive via the Asustor Command Center, it doesn't detect a drive and asks me to insert a HDD in order to proceed. Am I missing a step?

Do I need to re-insert the 2 HDD's I have in order to initialize the SSD as the OS drive?

I don't know if it's relevant, but I upgraded the amount of RAM I had to 16 GB (2 x 8GB) a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks,
Mitch

[ed]

Maybe insert a single HDD in a spare bay while leaving SSD in there.