Users Guide

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 2

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 mode

Supported M.2 drives

The BOSS-S1 card supports the following M.2 drives:

Table 2. BOSS-S1 card supported M.2 drives

Drive Model Capacity

Intel M.2 S4510 240 GB, 480 GB

Micron M.2 5100 240 GB, 480 GB

Micron M.2 5300 240 GB, 480 GB

NOTE: Dell EMC recommends that you use the BOSS-S1 card only as an operating system boot device.

NOTE: Ensure that M.2 drives have the latest firmware. You can download the latest firmware from www.dell.com/

support/home.

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 www.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 information of the

physical disks and display controller. Windows systems use the mvsetup utility while Linux systems use the mvcli utility. The

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