Dell EMC BOSS-S1 - BOSS-S1 Card Specifications; Management Applications for the BOSS-S1 Controller

BOSS-S1 card specications
The following table lists the BOSS-S1 card feature specications:
Table 1. BOSS-S1 card feature specications
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 congure the RAID system, create and manage the disk group, and provide online
maintenance. The management applications for BOSS-S1 card include:
• Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Conguration Utility — This storage management application is integrated into
the System BIOS (F2). See UEFI/HII RAID conguration 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 BOSS-S1 CLI commands.
NOTE
: To use the mvsetup Windows utility, the BOSS-S1 management driver must rst 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 rmware version A00. It is available in A01 and later
versions.
• iDRAC and LC — This application enables you to eectively 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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