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Hot–plugging M.2 drives in BOSS-N1 Monolithic form factor
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Identify M.2 drives by using LEDs
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Secure firmware update
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Foreign import of VDs
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Predictive failure analysis using the SMART feature
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Auto–rebuild a degraded drive
Hot–plugging M.2 drives in BOSS-N1 Monolithic form
factor
The unique controller design of the BOSS-N1 Monolithic carrier card allows you to hot plug M.2 drives. This feature reduces the
possibility of downtime during M.2 replacement.
NOTE:
The Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) and Lifecycle Controller (LC) logs for the hot–plug events of
M.2 drives are generated.
Identify M.2 drives by using LEDs
BOSS-N1 Controller supports Activity and Status LEDs.
NOTE:
Activity LED actions can be triggered by M.2 drive itself, it will blink Green during rebuild and I/O operations.
● Activity LED—The activity LED is triggered when an activity is initiated in M.2 drives.
● Status LED—The status LED is driven based on the drive status as mentioned in the following table:
Table 5. Status LED state
Status LED state
Green
BLINK - Amber
BLINK - Green
OFF
Secure firmware update
Dell BOSS-N1 controller supports secure firmware update of BOSS-N1 controller firmware images. This means that each of the
firmware components is authenticated before being flashed. Authentication requires the use of a public/private asymmetric key
pair. If a firmware image is not authentic or any component with the image is not authentic, firmware image will not be flashed.
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Features of BOSS-N1
Description
Drive is online
Drive is failed or has become SMART trip
Drive is located or identified
NOTE:
The locate or identify functionality is triggered using iDRAC and OpenManage
Server Administrator (OMSA).
Drive is not present
Features of BOSS-N1
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