Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC XC740xd XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- Overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Persistent Memory details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Boot Settings details
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Network Settings
- Viewing Network Settings
- Network Settings screen details
- UEFI iSCSI Settings
- Viewing UEFI iSCSI Settings
- UEFI iSCSI Settings details
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Redundant OS Control
- Viewing Redundant OS Control
- Redundant OS Control screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling-fan assembly
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Hard drives
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch
- Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing an expansion card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card riser 1
- Removing an expansion card riser 2
- Installing an expansion card riser 2
- Removing an expansion card riser 3
- Installing an expansion card riser 3
- IDSDM/vFlash card
- Network daughter card
- Hard drive backplane
- System battery
- Power supply units
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
- BOSS card
Supported XC Series Appliance and XC Core System
The following XC Series Appliance and XC Core System support the BOSS adapter card:
● XC640
● XC6420
● XC740xd
● XC940
BOSS card features
BOSS card supports the following features:
● Foreign Import
● SMART Info
● Auto-Rebuild
Foreign Import
A virtual disk is considered foreign if it is not native to the adapter.
● A virtual disk is considered native to the adapter if:
○ The virtual disk was created or imported on the adapter.
● A physical disk is considered native to the adapter if:
○ There is no previous virtual disk metadata on the adapter and the physical disk(s) are unconfigured.
○ All configured virtual disk(s) on the physical disk(s) are deleted.
SMART Info
SMART monitors certain physical aspects of all motors, heads, and physical disk electronics to help detect predictable physical
disk failures. Data on SMART-compliant physical disks can be monitored to identify changes in values and determine whether
the values are within threshold limits. Many mechanical and electrical failures display some degradation in performance before
failure.
A SMART failure is also referred to as predicted failure. There are numerous factors that are predicted physical disk failures,
such as a bearing failure, a broken read/write head, and changes in spin-up rate. In addition, there are factors related to
read/write surface failure, such as seek error rate and excessive bad sectors.
Auto-Rebuild
A virtual disk rebuild will begin on system boot automatically if the native virtual disk is degraded and a valid rebuild target is
present. A valid rebuild target is any functional drive attached to the BOSS-S1 device which is not part of the native virtual
disk and is of equal or greater storage capacity. An auto-rebuild occurs without prompting the user, and any data on the rebuild
target is overwritten.
Deploying the BOSS card
This section provides a set of high-level installation and removal instructions for the BOSS-S1 card.
Removing the BOSS card
About this task
CAUTION:
Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
132 BOSS card