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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 March 15, 2006
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.Cd "scsibus* at ciss?"
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18The
19.Nm
20driver provides support for the CISS interface implemented by fifth
21and later generations of the HP/Compaq Smart ARRAY family of
22controllers.
23.Pp
24The
25.Tn CISS
26interface is defined in the document entitled
27.Rs
28.%Q Compaq Computer Corporation
29.%T "CISS Command Interface for SCSI-3 Support Open Specification, Version 1.04, Valence Number 1"
30.%D 2000/11/27
31.Re
32.Pp
33This driver supports several Compaq and HP controllers implementing
34the CISS interface, including:
35.Pp
36.Bl -bullet -compact
37.It
38Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 1
39.It
40Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 2
41.It
42Compaq Smart Array 5i version 1
43.It
44Compaq Smart Array 5i version 2
45.It
46HP Smart Array 5312
47.It
48HP Smart Array 6i
49.It
50HP Smart Array 641
51.It
52HP Smart Array 642
53.It
54HP Smart Array 6400
55.It
56HP Smart Array 6400 EM
57.It
58HP Smart Array E200
59.It
60HP Smart Array E200i
61.It
62HP Smart Array P400
63.It
64HP Smart Array P400i
65.It
66HP Smart Array P600
67.It
68HP Smart Array P800
69.It
70HP Smart Array V100
71.It
72HP Smart Array 1 through 13
73.El
74.Pp
75These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, JBOD,
76and superpositions of those configurations.
77.Pp
78Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers,
79the
80.Nm
81driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers.
82All RAID configuration must be done through the controllers' BIOSes.
83.Pp
84Hardware from previous generations of this product family may be
85supported by the
86.Xr cac 4
87driver.
88.Sh SEE ALSO
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 4.0 .
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@thebsh.sygroup.ch .
109