Monster ABRA A5 V21.1 User Manual page 9

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7. Go to Intel

Rapid Storage Technology (in the Advanced menu) and select

Create RAID Volume.

8. You can now setup your RAID volume using the installed SSDs.

9. Select Name and type a name of your choice for your RAID volume and

select <Yes>.

10. Select RAID Level and choose the RAID Level required (see Table 1) and

press Enter.

• RAID 0 (Stripe)

• RAID 1 (Mirror)

11. Go to any of the disks listed under Select Disks: and select a disk name.

12. Click on X to select the disk required.

13. You should select two identical SSDs to form your RAID volume.

14. If you have selected RAID 0 (Stripe) then you can adjust the Strip Size to your

requirements (It is recommended that you set the "Strip Size" to 128KB).

15. Select Create Volume (make sure you have selected your disks).

16. The system will list your RAID volume.

17. Press F10 to Save and Exit and select <Yes>, however note below.

• Make sure the Windows OS (DVD) is in the attached DVD drive or on a USB flash

drive and as the computer starts up it will automatically boot from the Windows

OS DVD or USB flash drive.

18. Click Next > Install Now to continue installing the operating system as normal

(see your Windows documentation if you need help on installing the Windows

OS).

19. Click to select Load Driver when the "Where do you want to install Windows?"

screen appears.

20. Click Browse and browse to the location you copied the files to on your USB

Flash drive or external USB hard disk (X: denotes your USB Flash drive or

external USB hard disk):

• X:\f6vmdflpy-x64 (for Windows 64bit)

21. Select both driver names and click Next.

22. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Windows operating system.

23. Install the Windows drivers. Make sure you install the

Intel

Rapid Storage Technology (IRST) driver.