Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS)

This article provides information about Dell Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS) PCIe cards. It also provides instructions for installing Windows, Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu, and related Linux distributions onto these cards.

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Dell ePSA reports ROR-N1 NVMe controller as BOSS-N1.

When encryption is enabled on BOSS-N1, the system may stop during POST with the message: "No Boot Device Available or Operating System Detected."

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BOSS-S1 | BOSS-2 | M.2 Drives - What logs must be collected when the BOSS controller and or M.2 drives have issues/failed?

Event Code SSD0001 - False Boss M.2 failures were reported in the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) and in the Lifecycle Controller (LC) log.

When we come across certain false alerts reported by iDRAC in the LCC log, we want to confirm the BOSS M.2 SSD drive remaining endurance in order to assess the drive health. The instructions below demonstrate how to install the utility, run the commands to evaluate the BOSS M.2 SSD drive's health, and take appropriate action.

This article provides instructions for the management and configuration of RAID arrays on a LSI MegaRAID 9361-8i, 9440, 9460, and 9341 RAID Controllers