- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell Technologies Boot Optimized Storage Solution-S2
- Applications supported by BOSS-S2
- Update the BOSS-S2 firmware version
- Features of BOSS-S2
- Install and remove a BOSS-S2 card
- Driver support for BOSS-S2
- BOSS-S2 UEFI configuration utility
- Enter the BOSS-S2 UEFI configuration utility
- Exit the BOSS-S2 UEFI configuration utility
- Navigate to BOSS-S2 configuration utility
- Physical or virtual disk information
- Create a virtual disk
- Delete a virtual disk
- Recover or rebuild a degraded virtual drive
- Erase physical disk data
- View RAID controller information
- Manage BOSS-S2 using CLI commands
- Troubleshooting
- Importing the BOSS ESXi CLI offline bundle may fail in VSphere Lifecycle Manager
- BOSS ESXi CLI package fails when upgrading from Dell EMC customized versions of 6.7.x to version 7.0
- M.2 drive firmware update from iDRAC fails on unconfigured drives with an existing adapter key on the BOSS-S2 controller
- Unconfigured drives in the BOSS-S2 controller is unavailable for operating system installation with an existing adapter key
- The ROM version for BOSS is reported as firmware version in IDRAC interface
- Unable to update the M.2 drive firmware by using iDRAC or Lifecycle Controller
- BOSS-S2 CLI displays No Adapter Found error in Linux
- LC log displays fan unavailability error
- Physical disk size is not updated on iDRAC when CSIOR is disabled
- Physical disk or virtual disk is indicated as missing on iDRAC when CSIOR is disabled
- The Back Ground Activity (BGA) task process in HII does not report real-time status
- Virtual disk related events are repeatedly generated in BOSS-S2 and OMSS
- Characters are limited when entering a virtual drive name
- VMFS datastore is disabled from YX5X of PowerEdge systems that are shipped with VMware ESXi installed on BOSS-S2
- One or more physical disks are not detected by the operating system
- Virtual disk is not detected by the operating system
- An installed drive is not listed in the BOSS-S2 Configuration Utility
- The BOSS-S2 card is not presented to the PowerEdge server
- Unable to boot to M.2 drive installed in slot 1
- Unsupported commands, options, and features are displayed by BOSS-S2 CLI with VMware CLI utility
- Unable to deploy ESXi on RAID 1 of BOSS-S2
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell Technologies Boot Optimized Storage Solution-S2 User's Guide
VMFS datastore is disabled from YX5X of PowerEdge systems that are shipped with VMware ESXi installed on BOSS-S2
- Issue:
- Installation of ESXi on a BOSS-S2 device does not have VMFS datastore enabled by default, and disables VMFS if you use a custom image for installation. This issue occurs when using ESXi version 6.5.x or later on the BOSS-S2 card.
- Corrective Action:
- When you have VMware ESXi installed on BOSS-S2, it is recommended that you use the BOSS-S2 device only as a boot device and disable VMFS if you are installing a custom image. For more information, see
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2004582 and
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2145210.
NOTE:The scratch partition is created and configured during VMware ESXi installation in addition to boot support on BOSS-S2.
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