Owners Manual

Running the Embedded System Diagnostics from the Dell Lifecycle Controller..............................................100
System diagnostic controls......................................................................................................................................101
8 Jumpers and connectors ........................................................................................................................... 102
System board connectors............................................................................................................................................. 103
System board jumper settings...................................................................................................................................... 106
Disabling forgotten password....................................................................................................................................... 106
9 Getting help............................................................................................................................................... 108
Contacting Dell............................................................................................................................................................... 108
Documentation feedback.............................................................................................................................................. 108
Accessing system information by using QRL..............................................................................................................108
Quick Resource Locator for XC940 Series system..............................................................................................109
Receiving automated support with SupportAssist ....................................................................................................109
A BOSS card..................................................................................................................................................110
Introduction to BOSS card.............................................................................................................................................110
Supported operating systems..................................................................................................................................110
Supported XC Series systems ................................................................................................................................110
BOSS card features......................................................................................................................................................... 111
Foreign Import............................................................................................................................................................ 111
SMART Info................................................................................................................................................................ 111
Auto-Rebuild...............................................................................................................................................................111
Deploying the BOSS card................................................................................................................................................111
Removing the BOSS card........................................................................................................................................ 112
Installing the BOSS card...........................................................................................................................................114
Driver installation.............................................................................................................................................................115
BOSS troubleshooting.................................................................................................................................................... 115
Physical disks not visible to operating system.......................................................................................................115
Virtual disk not visible to operating system............................................................................................................116
Drive failure................................................................................................................................................................ 116
Fault in controller.......................................................................................................................................................116
BOSS card is not detected...................................................................................................................................... 116
Unable to boot to M.2 drive installed in slot 1........................................................................................................116
CLI reports unsupported features ..........................................................................................................................117
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