Dell PowerEdge R940 EMC Boot Optimized Server Storage-S1 Users Guide - Page 5
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1 Overview BOSS-S1 is a simple RAID solution card designed specifically for booting a server's operating system. The card supports up to two 6 Gbps M.2 SATA drives. The BOSS-S1 adapter card has a x8 connector using PCIe gen 2.0 x2 lanes, available only in the low-profile and fullheight form factors. The BOSS-S1 modular card has a dedicated slot in modular servers. NOTE: BOSS-S1 card allows you to create only one virtual disk from the available physical disks. Specifying the size of a virtual disk is not supported. NOTE: There are no status LEDs on the BOSS-S1 card. Figure 1. Features of the BOSS-S1 adaptercard 1. SATA drive connector (2) 2. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive 1 3. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive 2 Figure 2. Features of the BOSS-S1 modular card 1. Modular BOSS-S1 card 2. SATA drive connector 3. 80 mm M.2 SATA drive Topics: • Supported operating systems • Supported PowerEdge systems • BOSS-S1 card specifications • Supported M.2 drives • Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller Overview 5