BOSS-S1 card specifications
The following table lists the BOSS-S1 card feature specifications:
Table 1. BOSS-S1 card feature specifications
Feature
BOSS-S1 card
RAID levels
RAID 1
Stripe size
Supports default 64K 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
Two
Support for Non-RAID disks
Yes (supports up to two disks)
Drive types
6 Gbps M.2 SATA SSDs
PCIe support
Gen 2
Disk cache policy
Drive default
TRIM
Non-RAID disk mode
Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller
Management applications enable you to manage and configure the RAID system, create and manage the disk group, and provide online
maintenance. The management applications for BOSS-S1 card include:
•
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
— This storage management application is integrated into
the System BIOS (F2). See
UEFI/HII RAID configuration utility
.
•
Dell OpenManage Storage Management
— This application 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
Dell.com/openmanagemanuals
.
•
BOSS-S1 Command Line Interface (CLI) Utility
— This application enables you to check controller, Physical Disk and Virtual Disk
status while booted to an operating system. The application is also used to check SMART data from the physical disks or display
controller events. Windows systems use the mvsetup utility while Linux systems use the mvcli utility. BOSS-S1 CLI Utility also supports
ESXi. For more information about the CLI commands, see
.
NOTE:
To use the mvsetup Windows utility, the BOSS-S1 management driver must first be installed. Linux mvcli does not
require a driver. You may download the latest Windows driver from the Dell.com/support.
NOTE:
To remove mvcli from operating systems, uninstall BOSS-S1 drivers from operating systems or remove libraries
and executables.
NOTE:
Systems Management through iDRAC/LC is not enabled in the firmware version A00. It is available in A01 and later
versions.
•
iDRAC and LC
— This application enables you to effectively monitor the RAID and network controllers installed on the system using
iDRAC and LC without an OS installed on the system. For more information, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's
Guide
at
Dell.com/idracmanuals
.
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