Dell BOSS-N1 - Technical Specifications of BOSS-N1 Monolithic Controller

1. M.2 carrier slot 2. M.2 carrier connector
3. BOSS-N1 controller 4. Signal cable
5. Power cable 6. Power cable connector
7. Signal cable connector
Technical specifications of BOSS-N1 Monolithic
controller
The following table lists the technical specifications of BOSS-N1 controller:
Table 1. Technical specifications of BOSS-N1 Monolithic
Function or feature BOSS-N1 Monolithic
Hot–plug of NVMe M.2 drives Yes
LED activity of M.2 drives Yes
Secure firmware update
Yes
RAID levels Single drive RAID 0 and dual drive RAID 1
Stripe size Supports default 128 K 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 No
Drive types M.2 NVMe
PCIe support Gen 3
Disk cache policy Drive default
Configuration (HII) Yes
Full initialization No
Fast initialization Yes
NOTE: By default, fast initialization is performed when you
create a virtual disk.
Background initialization No
RAID 0 Yes (single drive RAID 0)
RAID 1 Yes
Single non–RAID No
Dual non–RAID No
Foreign import Yes
Consistency check No
Patrol read No
Load balance N/A
Rebuild Yes
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