• Supported operating systems
• Supported PowerEdge systems
• BOSS-S1 card specications
• Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller
• Updating the BOSS-S1 controller
• Methods to update the BOSS-S1 rmware
• Related documentation
Supported operating systems
The BOSS-S1 card supports the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.9
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 12 SP3
• VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3
• VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1
• Ubuntu version 16.04
NOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, see the system documentation at
Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals. For specic operating system service pack requirements, see the Drivers and Downloads
section at Dell.com/manuals.
Supported PowerEdge systems
The following PowerEdge systems support the BOSS-S1 adapter card:
• PowerEdge C4140
• PowerEdge R440
• PowerEdge R540
• PowerEdge R540xd
• PowerEdge R640
• PowerEdge R740
• PowerEdge R740xd
• PowerEdge R940
• PowerEdge R6415
• PowerEdge R7415
• PowerEdge R7425
• PowerEdge T640
• PowerEdge T440
The following PowerEdge systems support the BOSS-S1 modular card:
• PowerEdge C6420
• PowerEdge FC640
• PowerEdge M640 (for M1000e)
• PowerEdge M640 (for VRTX)
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