CISS(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual CISS(4)
NAME
cissHP/Compaq Smart ARRAY 5/6 RAID controllers
SYNOPSIS
ciss* at pci? function ?
DESCRIPTION
The ciss driver provides support for the CISS interface implemented by fifth and later generations of the HP/Compaq Smart ARRAY family of controllers.
 
The CISS interface is defined in the document entitled CISS Command Interface for SCSI-3 Support Open Specification, Version 1.04, Valence Number 1, Compaq Computer Corporation, 2000/11/27.
 
This driver supports several Compaq and HP controllers implementing the CISS interface, including:
 
Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 1
Compaq Smart Array 5300 version 2
Compaq Smart Array 5i version 1
Compaq Smart Array 5i version 2
HP Smart Array 5312
HP Smart Array 6i
HP Smart Array 641
HP Smart Array 642
HP Smart Array 6400
HP Smart Array 6400 EM
HP Smart Array E200
HP Smart Array E200i
HP Smart Array P400
HP Smart Array P400i
HP Smart Array P600
HP Smart Array P800
HP Smart Array V100
HP Smart Array 1 through 13
 
These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, JBOD, and superpositions of those configurations.
 
Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers, the ciss driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers. All RAID configuration must be done through the controllers' BIOSes.
 
Hardware from previous generations of this product family may be supported by the cac(4) driver.
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The ciss driver first appeared in NetBSD 3.1.
AUTHORS
The ciss driver was written by Michael Shalayeff <mickey@openbsd.org>, and ported to NetBSD by Tonnerre Lombard <tonnerre@netbsd.org>.