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2.\"	Jonathan Stone, 2006.
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4.\"	derived from:
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6.\"	Michael Shalayeff, 2005. Public Domain.
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8.Dd May 28, 2008
9.Dt CISS 4
10.Os
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm ciss
13.Nd HP/Compaq Smart ARRAY 5/6 RAID controllers
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Cd "ciss* at pci? function ?"
16.Sh DESCRIPTION
17The
18.Nm
19driver provides support for the CISS interface implemented by fifth
20and later generations of the HP/Compaq Smart ARRAY family of
21controllers.
22.Pp
23The
24.Tn CISS
25interface is defined in the document entitled
26.Rs
27.%Q Compaq Computer Corporation
28.%T "CISS Command Interface for SCSI-3 Support Open Specification, Version 1.04, Valence Number 1"
29.%D 2000/11/27
30.Re
31.Pp
32This driver supports several Compaq and HP controllers implementing
33the CISS interface, including:
34.Pp
35.Bl -bullet -compact
36.It
37Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 1
38.It
39Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 2
40.It
41Compaq Smart Array 5i version 1
42.It
43Compaq Smart Array 5i version 2
44.It
45HP Smart Array 5312
46.It
47HP Smart Array 6i
48.It
49HP Smart Array 641
50.It
51HP Smart Array 642
52.It
53HP Smart Array 6400
54.It
55HP Smart Array 6400 EM
56.It
57HP Smart Array E200
58.It
59HP Smart Array E200i
60.It
61HP Smart Array P400
62.It
63HP Smart Array P400i
64.It
65HP Smart Array P600
66.It
67HP Smart Array P800
68.It
69HP Smart Array V100
70.It
71HP Smart Array 1 through 13
72.El
73.Pp
74These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, JBOD,
75and superpositions of those configurations.
76.Pp
77Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers,
78the
79.Nm
80driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers.
81All RAID configuration must be done through the controllers' BIOSes.
82.Pp
83Hardware from previous generations of this product family may be
84supported by the
85.Xr cac 4
86driver.
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr bio 4 ,
89.Xr cac 4 ,
90.Xr intro 4 ,
91.Xr pci 4 ,
92.Xr scsi 4 ,
93.Xr sd 4
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Nm
97driver first appeared in
98.Nx 3.1 .
99.Sh AUTHORS
100.An -nosplit
101The
102.Nm
103driver was written by
104.An Michael Shalayeff Aq mickey@openbsd.org ,
105and ported to
106.Nx
107by
108.An Tonnerre Lombard Aq tonnerre@netbsd.org .
109