Users Guide

Overview

BOSS-S1 is a simple RAID solution card designed specifically for booting a server's operating system. The card supports up to

two 6 Gbps M.2 SATA drives. The BOSS-S1 adapter card has a x8 connector using PCIe gen 2.0 x2 lanes, available only in the

low-profile and full-height form factors. The BOSS-S1 modular card has a dedicated slot in modular servers.

NOTE: BOSS-S1 card allows you to create only one virtual disk from the available physical disks. Specifying the size of a

virtual disk is not supported.

NOTE: There are no status LEDs on the BOSS-S1 card.

Figure 1. Features of the BOSS-S1 adaptercard

1. SATA drive connector (2)

2. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive 1

3. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive 2

Figure 2. Features of the BOSS-S1 modular card

1. Modular BOSS-S1 card

2. SATA drive connector

3. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive

Topics:

• Supported operating systems

• Supported PowerEdge systems

• BOSS-S1 card specifications

• Supported M.2 drives

• Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller

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