• Navigate to the Volumes page from the EC2 Dashboard.
  
  
• Select the volume you wish to attach.
  
  
• Select Actions > Attach volume

The Attach Volume dialog will be displayed. 

1. Select the instance to be attached from the Instance drop down list.
   
   
2. Enter a device name for the EBS volume; e.g., /dev/sdf1, /dev/sdp15. Refer to EBS Volumes and Device Mapping for more information on how best to allocate EBS volume device names.
   
   
3. Click Attach. 

The volume is now attached to a SoftNAS® instance.

Detach a volume from the attached instance.

• Select the volume to be detached from the instance.
  
  

• From the Actions drop down list, click Detach Volume. 

  WARNING - BE CAREFUL: Do not detach volumes from an active SoftNAS® instance unless the volume will be moving to a new instance, in which case, re-attach the EBS volumes and Import to regain access to data.

• The Detach Volume message box asking to confirm the dissociation of address with the specific instance will be displayed.
  
  
• Click Yes, Detach. The selected volume will be detached from the instance.

• To delete a volume, select it from the Volumes page on EC2 dashboard.
• On the Actions drop down list, select the Delete Volume option and confirm by clicking Yes, Delete.

The selected volumes will be deleted.