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arcmsr

arcmsr(7D)							      Devices								arcmsr(7D)

NAME

       arcmsr - SAS and SATA HBA driver for Areca Hardware Raid devices

DESCRIPTION

       The arcmsr host bus adapter driver is a SCSA-compliant nexus driver that supports Areca Technology SAS and SATA RAID devices.

       Supported SATA RAID cards:

	 ARC-1110  pci17d3,1110
	 ARC-1120  pci17d3,1120
	 ARC-1130  pci17d3,1130
	 ARC-1160  pci17d3,1160
	 ARC-1170  pci17d3,1170
	 ARC-1201  pci17d3,1201
	 ARC-1210  pci17d3,1210
	 ARC-1220  pci17d3,1220
	 ARC-1230  pci17d3,1230
	 ARC-1260  pci17d3,1260
	 ARC-1270  pci17d3,1270
	 ARC-1280  pci17d3,1280

       Supported SAS RAID cards:

	 ARC-1380  pci17d3,1380
	 ARC-1381  pci17d3,1381
	 ARC-1680  pci17d3,1680
	 ARC-1681  pci17d3,1681

CONFIGURATION

       There are no user configurable parameters available. Please configure your hardware through the host system BIOS.

FILES

       /kernel/drv/arcmsr	   32-bit ELF kernel module.

       /kernel/drv/amd64/arcmsr    64-bit kernel module (x64 only).

       /kernel/drv/arcmsr.conf	   Driver configuration file (contains no user-configurable options).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |x86, x64 only		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWarcmsr		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       prtconf(1M),   attributes(5),   scsi_hba_attach_setup(9F),   scsi_sync_pkt(9F),	 scsi_transport(9F),   scsi_inquiry(9S),  scsi_device(9S),
       scsi_pkt(9S)

       Small Computer System Interface-2 (SCSI-2)

       http://www.areca.com.tw/products/main.htm

       http://developer.intel.com/design/iio/index.htm --(Intel Corp IO processors provide the underlying RAID engine for the supported devices).

SunOS 5.11							    28 Feb 2008 							arcmsr(7D)