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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/ips.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/ips.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2ad6c045 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/ips.4 @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: ips.4,v 1.18 2022/02/19 23:45:51 jsg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 Alexander Yurchenko <grange@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 19 2022 $ +.Dt IPS 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ips +.Nd IBM SATA/SCSI ServeRAID controller +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "ips* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for IBM ServeRAID controllers, including: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It +ServeRAID 3H/3HB/3L +.It +ServeRAID 4H/4L/4Lx/4M/4Mx +.It +ServeRAID 5i/5i II +.It +ServeRAID 6i/6M +.It +ServeRAID 7k/7M/7t +.El +.Pp +Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers, +the driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers. +All RAID configuration is done through the bootable +IBM ServeRAID Support CD; +a CD image is freely available at the IBM website. +.Pp +RAID management is done through the +.Xr bio 4 +device with the +.Xr bioctl 8 +command. +Logical disk status is exposed under the +.Va hw.sensors +.Xr sysctl 8 +and can be monitored using +.Xr sensorsd 8 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bio 4 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr scsi 4 , +.Xr sd 4 , +.Xr bioctl 8 , +.Xr sensorsd 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Pp +.Lk https://www.ibm.com +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 4.1 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Alexander Yurchenko Aq Mt grange@openbsd.org . +.Sh CAVEATS +Due to +.Xr bioctl 8 +limitations the +.Nm +driver associates all unused and hot spare drives with the first volume +but the drives can be used for rebuilding any degraded volume. |
