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author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-06 04:51:20 +0000 |
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committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-01-06 04:51:20 +0000 |
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Add two new manual pages. Welcome the ida(4) and iir(4) manual pages.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ida.4 b/share/man/man4/ida.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0231ea --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/ida.4 @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" Written by Tom Rhodes +.\" This file is public domain +.\" +.Dd January 05, 2003 +.Dt IDA 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ida +.Nd Compaq Intelligent Drive Array Controllers +.Sh SYNOPSIS +For one or more devices: +.Cd device scbus +.Cd device ida +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp +The Compaq Intelligent Drive Array (IDA) technology is used to +distribute data across an array of hard drives. +It unites these hard drives into one or more high-performance logical drives. +The drive array is managed by an array controller. +.Pp +These controllers have the ability to provide fault tolerance for the connected +drives and optionally provide write cache for the logical drives. +It is also possible for an application to access the SCSI bus subsystem directly by +using the pass-through interface. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +Extreme caution should be exercised when using the pass-through interface. +It is possible to interfere with normal system I/O and cause hangs if +pass-through is used to an active device. +Pass-through should only be used to a device that is otherwise quiescent. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +.Pp +The following controllers are supported by the +.Nm +driver: +.Bl -tag -compact -width "Supported Devices" +.It Compaq SMART Array 221 +.It Compaq Integrated SMART Array Controller +.It Compaq SMART Array 4200 +.It Compaq SMART Array 4250ES +.It Compaq SMART 3200 Controller +.It Compaq SMART 3100ES Controller +.It Compaq SMART-2/DH Controller +.It Compaq SMART-2/SL Controller +.It Compaq SMART-2/P Controller +.It Compaq SMART-2/E Controller +.It Compaq SMART Controller +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cam 4 , +.Xr pass 4 , +.Xr xpt 4 , +.Xr camcontrol 8 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +driver was written by +.An Jonathan Lemon Aq jlemon@FreeBSD.org +and +.An Matthew N. Dodd Aq mdodd@FreeBSD.org . +This manual page was written by +.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org . |