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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/twe.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/twe.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3c17da82 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/twe.4 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: twe.4,v 1.29 2014/11/15 14:41:02 bentley Exp $ +.\" +.\" Michael Shalayeff, 2000. Public Domain. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 15 2014 $ +.Dt TWE 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm twe +.Nd 3ware 5000/6000/7000/8000 series PATA/SATA RAID controller +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "twe* at pci?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for AMCC's 3ware 5000/6000/7000/8000 series PATA/SATA +RAID adapters. +These adapters were formerly known as +.Dq 3ware Escalade . +.Pp +These controllers support 2, 4, 8, or 12 ATA disk drives and provide RAID 0, +RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD configurations. +All the RAID set volume management is done via the card's BIOS. +.Pp +Even though the card uses ATA drives, this driver makes drives +and/or RAID sets appear as +.Xr sd 4 . +.Pp +The +.Nm +driver supports the following AMCC 3ware PATA/SATA RAID adapters: +.Pp +.Tn 5000 series , +.Tn 6000 series , +.Tn 7000-2 , +.Tn 7006-2 , +.Tn 7500-4LP , +.Tn 7500-8 , +.Tn 7500-12 , +.Tn 7506-4LP , +.Tn 7506-8 , +.Tn 7506-12 , +.Tn 8006-2LP , +.Tn 8500-4LP , +.Tn 8500-8 , +.Tn 8500-12 , +.Tn 8506-4LP , +.Tn 8506-8 , +.Tn 8506-8MI , +.Tn 8506-12 , +and +.Tn 8506-12MI . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr pci 4 , +.Xr scsi 4 , +.Xr sd 4 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Ox 2.8 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Michael Shalayeff Aq Mt mickey@openbsd.org , +inspired by the +.Fx +driver by +.An Mike Smith Aq Mt msmith@freebsd.org . +.Sh BUGS +The card's BIOS seems to conflict with some other disk controllers +which have their own BIOS, if such devices are configured earlier +than this one. +To avoid this situation, place +.Nm +cards in the lowest numbered slot before other SCSI or RAID disk controllers. +.Pp +The current 3ware firmware is known to fail if a redundant configuration +is selected (RAID1 or RAID10) and the array is heavily used +(e.g. installation) before the controller has finished initializing the array. +In this case, create the array, boot the installation media, and +leave the array idle until all controller activity has ceased. +.Pp +None of the volume management or monitoring functions provided by the +card's firmware are supported due to the fact that information +on these functions is not public. |
