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1.\"	$OpenBSD: ami.4,v 1.8 2001/10/05 14:45:53 mpech Exp $
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3.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Michael Shalayeff.  All rights reserved.
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6.Dd March 9, 2001
7.Dt AMI 4
8.Os
9.Sh NAME
10.Nm ami
11.Nd American Megatrends Inc. MegaRAID Controllers
12.Sh SYNOPSIS
13.Cd "ami* at pci? dev ? function ?"
14.Cd "scsibus* at ami?"
15.Sh DESCRIPTION
16The
17.Nm
18driver provides support for MegaRAID family of RAID controllers.
19.Pp
20These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, JBOD
21and superpositions of those configurations.
22.Pp
23Some cards support both I2O and so called `Mass Storage' mode
24of operation.
25This driver only supports the `Mass Storage' mode, I2O mode is supported
26by the
27.Xr iop 4
28driver.
29.Pp
30Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers the driver makes them
31look just like SCSI controllers.
32All RAID configuration is done through the controllers' BIOSes.
33.Xr iop 4
34driver.
35.Sh SEE ALSO
36.Xr intro 4 ,
37.Xr iop 4 ,
38.Xr scsi 4 ,
39.Xr sd 4
40.Sh AUTHORS
41The
42.Nm
43driver was written by
44.An Michael Shalayeff Aq mickey@openbsd.org .
45.Sh HISTORY
46The
47.Nm
48driver first appeared in
49.Ox 2.9 .
50