BOSS S2 card with M2 SATA SSD

Question

Hi,

I am interested in the BOSS-S2 card, but the supplied max 480GB M.2 SATA (NOT NVMe) is to small. Here is what Dell supports:

Intel M.2 S4510	240 GB, 480 GB
Micron M.2 5300	240 GB, 480 GB

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/poweredge-r6525/boss-s2_ug/supported-m.2-drives-of-boss-s2-card?guid=guid-e3a7c178-1f46-40ad-9122-b99f79174242&lang=en-us

Both Intel and Micron supplies larger drives in the S4510 and 5300 series. For instance 960GB drives.

Does anyone know if a 960GB (or larger) drive can be detected by the controller?

I found this other thread testing different drives with bad luck, but it was on the BOSS-S1 controller:

https://www.dell.com/community/PowerEdge-Hardware-General/BOSS-S1-card-with-M2-ssd/td-p/7251868/page/2

Best Regards

Brian

DELL-Shine K · Answer

As you correctly pointed out BOSS-S2 only support 240GB and 480GB M.2 drives. As 960GB not supported on BOSS S2 it is not validated and we can not guarantee that it will work. So I think your best option is wait for another Community member who tried this unsupported configuration and can let you know their experience.

KyleWatson123 · Answer

So far I stuck a 2TB drive in the boss controller - it works but only detects 1 TB instead of 2.

I wonder if the limitation is the total size? I tried putting a second nvme in the second boss controller slot but it doesn't recognize it. Still testing. It's sad they won't test this out for us.

Origin3k · Answer

BOSS-S1/S2 are original equipped with SATA M.2 and not NVMe. Maybe this is the reason why your NVMe doesnt work in general. The BOSS-N used NVMe and size is increased to 480 and 960GB.

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BOSS S2 card with M2 SATA SSD

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