1. M.2 carrier slot
2. M.2 carrier connector
3. BOSS-N1 controller
4. Signal cable
5. Power cable
6. Power cable connector
7. Signal cable connector
Technical specifications of BOSS-N1 Monolithic
controller
The following table lists the technical specifications of BOSS-N1 controller:
Table 1. Technical specifications of BOSS-N1 Monolithic
Function or feature
BOSS-N1 Monolithic
Hot–plug of NVMe M.2 drives
Yes
LED activity of M.2 drives
Yes
Secure firmware update
Yes
RAID levels
Single drive RAID 0 and dual drive RAID 1
Stripe size
Supports default 128 K stripe size only
Battery backup unit
No
Non–volatile cache
No
Virtual disk cache function
Write through
Maximum number of virtual disks
1
Maximum number of drives supported
2
Support for non–RAID disks
No
Drive types
M.2 NVMe
PCIe support
Gen 3
Disk cache policy
Drive default
Configuration (HII)
Yes
Full initialization
No
Fast initialization
Yes
NOTE:
By default, fast initialization is performed when you
create a virtual disk.
Background initialization
No
RAID 0
Yes (single drive RAID 0)
RAID 1
Yes
Single non–RAID
No
Dual non–RAID
No
Foreign import
Yes
Consistency check
No
Patrol read
No
Load balance
N/A
Rebuild
Yes
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