Users Guide

Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 5
Supported operating systems...........................................................................................................................................6
Supported PowerEdge systems.......................................................................................................................................6
BOSS-S1 card specifications.............................................................................................................................................7
Supported M.2 drives......................................................................................................................................................... 7
Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller............................................................................................... 7
Update the BOSS-S1 controller....................................................................................................................................... 8
Update the BOSS-S1 firmware.........................................................................................................................................8
Firmware update using an operating system-specific DUP...................................................................................... 8
Firmware update using Windows DUP..................................................................................................................... 8
Firmware update using Linux DUP............................................................................................................................ 9
Firmware update using UEFI Shell...................................................................................................................................9
Firmware update using BOSS-S1 CLI............................................................................................................................. 9
Firmware update using Windows............................................................................................................................... 9
Firmware update using Linux.....................................................................................................................................10
Firmware update using iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 10
Firmware update using Lifecycle Controller................................................................................................................ 10
Related documentation..................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 2: Features..................................................................................................................... 12
Foreign import.....................................................................................................................................................................12
SMART info......................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Auto-rebuild.........................................................................................................................................................................12
Non-RAID disk support..................................................................................................................................................... 13
TRIM......................................................................................................................................................................................13
Quick initialization.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Erase physical disk............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 3: Deploying the BOSS-S1 card.......................................................................................14
Removing the BOSS-S1 card...........................................................................................................................................14
Removing the M.2 SSD module from the BOSS-S1 card................................................................................... 15
Installing the M.2 SSD module on BOSS-S1 card.................................................................................................16
Installing the BOSS-S1 card.............................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 4: Driver installation....................................................................................................... 19
Chapter 5: UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility.........................................................................20
Entering the UEFI configuration utility.........................................................................................................................20
Exiting the UEFI configuration utility............................................................................................................................20
Entering the BOSS-S1 configuration utility................................................................................................................. 21
Physical or virtual disk information................................................................................................................................ 21
Physical disk information............................................................................................................................................ 21
Virtual disk information............................................................................................................................................... 21
Virtual disk import........................................................................................................................................................ 21
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