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MFI(4)			    Kernel Interfaces Manual			MFI(4)

NAME
       mfi -- LSI MegaRAID SAS driver

SYNOPSIS
       To  compile  this  driver into the kernel, place	the following lines in
       your kernel configuration file:

	     device pci
	     device mfi

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at	boot time,  place  the
       following line in loader.conf(5):

	     mfi_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
       This  driver  is	 for  LSI's  next generation PCI Express SAS RAID con-
       trollers.  Access to RAID arrays	(logical disks)	from  this  driver  is
       provided	via /dev/mfid? device nodes.  A	simple management interface is
       also provided on	a per-controller basis via the /dev/mfi? device	node.

       The  mfi	name is	derived	from the phrase	"MegaRAID Firmware Interface",
       which is	substantially different	than the old "MegaRAID"	interface  and
       thus  requires  a  new  driver.	Older SCSI and SATA MegaRAID cards are
       supported by amr(4) and will not	work with this driver.

       Two sysctls are provided	to tune	the mfi	driver's behavior when	a  re-
       quest  is  made to remove a mounted volume.  By default the driver will
       disallow	any requests to	 remove	 a  mounted  volume.   If  the	sysctl
       dev.mfi.%d.delete_busy_volumes  is set to 1, then the driver will allow
       mounted volumes to be removed.

HARDWARE
       The mfi driver supports the following hardware:

          LSI MegaRAID	SAS 1078
          LSI MegaRAID	SAS 8408E
          LSI MegaRAID	SAS 8480E
          LSI MegaRAID	SAS 9260
          Dell	PERC5
          Dell	PERC6
          IBM ServeRAID-MR10i
          Intel RAID Controller SROMBSAS18E

FILES
       /dev/mfid?  array/logical disk interface
       /dev/mfi?   management interface

DIAGNOSTICS
       mfid%d: Unable to delete	busy device  An	attempt	was made to  remove  a
       mounted volume.

SEE ALSO
       amr(4), pci(4), mfiutil(8)

HISTORY
       The mfi driver first appeared in	FreeBSD	6.1.

AUTHORS
       The  mfi	 driver	 and  this  manual  page  were	written	 by Scott Long
       <scottl@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS
       The driver does not support big-endian architectures at this time.

FreeBSD	8.1			January	2, 2010				MFI(4)

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