User Manual

Boot Optimized Storage Solution
Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS) is a RAID solution that is designed for boot optimization and provides a separate
RAID/SSD solution allowing customers to maximize server disk slots for data.
Dell provides the following BOSS card for this platform:
● BOSS S1
BOSS feature matrix
Table 10. BOSS feature matrix
BOSS
card
Drive
Size
RAID
levels
Stripe
size
Virtual
disk
cache
functio
n
Maxim
um
numbe
r of
virtual
disks
Maxim
um
numbe
r of
drives
suppor
ted
Drive
types
PCIe
suppor
t
Disk
cache
policy
Suppor
t
for
Non-
RAIDp
disks
Crypto
graphi
c
digital
signat
ure
to
verify
firmwa
re
payloa
d
Hot
Plug
BOSS
S1
Adapter
M.2
devices
are
read-
intensiv
e with
240 GB
or 480
GB
capacit
y
RAID 1 Support
s
default
64K
stripe
size
only
Write
through
1 2 6 Gbps
M.2
SATA
SSDs
Gen2 Drive
default
Yes
(suppor
ts up to
two
disks)
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Datasheets
● BOSS S1
BOSS User Guides
● BOSS S1
Supported Drives
The table shown below lists the internal drives supported by the R250. Refer to Agile for the latest SDL.
Table 11. Supported drives
Form Factor Type Speed Rotational Speed Capacities
2.5-inch SATA 6 GB SSD 240 GB, 480 GB, 960
GB, 1.6 TB, 1.92 TB,
3.84 TB, 7.68 TB
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