• Supported operating systems
• Supported PowerEdge systems
• BOSS-S1 card specications
• Supported M.2 drives
• Management applications for the BOSS-S1 controller
• Update the BOSS-S1 controller
• Update the BOSS-S1 rmware
• Firmware update using an operating system-specic DUP
• Firmware update using UEFI Shell
• Firmware update using BOSS-S1 CLI
• Firmware update using iDRAC
• Firmware update using Lifecycle Controller
• Related documentation
Supported operating systems
The BOSS-S1 card supports the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7.4
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.9
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 15
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 12 SP3
• VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 1
• VMware ESXi 6.7
• VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 2
• VMware ESXi 6.5 Update 1
• VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 3
• Ubuntu version 18.04
• Ubuntu version 16.04
NOTE
: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, see the operating system
documentation at Dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals. For specic operating system service pack requirements, see the Drivers
and Downloads section at Dell.com/manuals.
Supported PowerEdge systems
The following PowerEdge systems support the BOSS-S1 adapter card:
• PowerEdge C4140
• PowerEdge R240
• PowerEdge R340
• PowerEdge R440
• PowerEdge R540
• PowerEdge R540xd
• PowerEdge R640
• PowerEdge R740
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