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AAC(4)			 BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual			AAC(4)

NAME
     aac -- Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller driver

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

	   device pci
	   device aac
	   device aacp

	   To compile in debugging code:
	   options AAC_DEBUG=N

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

	   aac_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The aac driver provides support for the Adaptec AAC family	of SCSI	Ul-
     tra2, Ultra160, and Ultra320, SATA	and SAS	RAID controllers.

     Access to RAID containers is available via	the /dev/aacd? device nodes.
     The aacp device enables the SCSI pass-thru	interface and allows devices
     connected to the card such	as CD-ROMs to be available via the CAM scsi(4)
     subsystem.	 Note that not all cards allow this interface to be enabled.

     The /dev/aac? device nodes	provide	access to the management interface of
     the controller.  One node exists per installed card.  The aliases
     /dev/afa? and /dev/hpn? exist for compatibility with the Dell and HP ver-
     sions of management tools,	respectively.  If the kernel is	compiled with
     the COMPAT_LINUX option, or the aac_linux.ko and linux.ko modules are
     loaded, the Linux-compatible ioctl(2) interface for the management	device
     will be enabled and will allow Linux-based	management applications	to
     control the card.

   Tuning
     The read-only sysctl hw.aac.iosize_max defaults to	65536 and may be set
     at	boot time to another value via loader(8).  This	value determines the
     maximum data transfer size	allowed	to/from	an array.  Setting it higher
     will result in better performance,	especially for large sequential	access
     patterns.	Beware:	internal limitations of	the card limit this value to
     64K for arrays with many members.	While it may be	safe to	raise this
     value, this is done at the	operator's own risk.  Note also	that perfor-
     mance peaks at a value of 96K, and	drops off dramatically at 128K,	due to
     other limitations of the card.

HARDWARE
     Controllers supported by the aac driver include:

     o	 Adaptec AAC-364
     o	 Adaptec RAID 3085
     o	 Adaptec RAID 31205
     o	 Adaptec RAID 31605
     o	 Adaptec RAID 5085
     o	 Adaptec RAID 51205
     o	 Adaptec RAID 51245
     o	 Adaptec RAID 51605
     o	 Adaptec RAID 51645
     o	 Adaptec RAID 52445
     o	 Adaptec RAID 5405
     o	 Adaptec RAID 5445
     o	 Adaptec RAID 5805
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 3405
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 3805
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 4000SAS
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 4005SAS
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 4800SAS
     o	 Adaptec SAS RAID 4805SAS
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2020SA ZCR
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2025SA ZCR
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2026ZCR
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2410SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2420SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2610SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2620SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2810SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 2820SA
     o	 Adaptec SATA RAID 21610SA
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2020ZCR
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2025ZCR
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130SLP
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2240S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3230S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 3240S
     o	 Adaptec SCSI RAID 5400S
     o	 Dell CERC SATA	RAID 2
     o	 Dell PERC 2/Si
     o	 Dell PERC 2/QC
     o	 Dell PERC 3/Si
     o	 Dell PERC 3/Di
     o	 Dell PERC 320/DC
     o	 HP ML110 G2 (Adaptec SATA RAID	2610SA)
     o	 HP NetRAID 4M
     o	 IBM ServeRAID 8i
     o	 IBM ServeRAID 8k
     o	 IBM ServeRAID 8s
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5045BL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5085BL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5085SL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5125BR
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5125SL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5165BR
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5165SL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5445SL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5805BL
     o	 ICP RAID ICP5805SL
     o	 ICP ICP5085BR SAS RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9085LI SAS RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9047MA SATA RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9067MA SATA RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9087MA SATA RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9014RO SCSI RAID
     o	 ICP ICP9024RO SCSI RAID
     o	 Legend	S220
     o	 Legend	S230
     o	 Sun STK RAID REM
     o	 Sun STK RAID EM
     o	 SG-XPCIESAS-R-IN
     o	 SG-XPCIESAS-R-EX
     o	 AOC-USAS-S4i
     o	 AOC-USAS-S8i
     o	 AOC-USAS-S4iR
     o	 AOC-USAS-S8iR
     o	 AOC-USAS-S8i-LP
     o	 AOC-USAS-S8iR-LP

FILES
     /dev/aac?		  aac management interface
     /dev/aacd?		  disk/container interface

DIAGNOSTICS
     Compiling with AAC_DEBUG set to a number between 0	and 3 will enable in-
     creasingly	verbose	debug messages.

     The adapter can send status and alert messages asynchronously to the
     driver.  These messages are printed on the	system console,	and are	also
     queued for	retrieval by a management application.

SEE ALSO
     kld(4), linux(4), scsi(4),	kldload(8), loader(8), sysctl(8)

HISTORY
     The aac driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.

AUTHORS
     Mike Smith	<msmith@FreeBSD.org>
     Scott Long	<scottl@FreeBSD.org>

BUGS
     This driver is not	compatible with	Dell controllers that have version 1.x
     firmware.	The firmware version is	the same as the	kernel version printed
     in	the BIOS POST and driver attach	messages.

     The controller is not actually paused on suspend/resume.

BSD			       November	29, 2007			   BSD
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