Applications supported by BOSS-N1
BOSS-N1 controller management applications include the UEFI RAID Configuration Utility, Dell OpenManage Storage
Management, Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), and Lifecycle Controller
(LC). They enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage a disk group, and provide online
maintenance.
Topics:
•
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Configuration Utility
•
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
•
BOSS-N1 Command Line Interface Utility
•
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller and Lifecycle Controller
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Configuration
Utility
UEFI Configuration Utility (HII) is integrated into the system BIOS (F2).
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
Dell OpenManage Storage Management enables you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all supported RAID
controllers and enclosures from a single graphical or command line interface. For more information, see the Dell OpenManage
Storage Management User's Guide at
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
.
BOSS-N1 Command Line Interface Utility
The BOSS-N1 Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility enables you to check the status of controller, physical disk, and virtual
disk while booted to an operating system. The application is also used to check M.2 NVMe SSDs and display controller SMART
information. For more information about CLI commands, see
Manage BOSS-N1 using CLI commands
.
Table 3. BOSS-N1 CLI utility for supported operating systems
Operating system
Utility name
Windows
mnvcli
Linux
mnvcli
ESXi
mnvcli
NOTE:
Administrator privileges on Windows and root user privileges on Linux are required to use the CLI.
Table 4. Instructions to remove mnvcli from the operating systems
Operating system
Instructions to remove mnvcli from the operating systems
Windows
Locate and remove the executable file.
Linux
Locate and remove the executable file.
ESXi
Remove using
vib remove
command.
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