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32 .Nd LSI Logic \*[Am] Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID controller
34 .Cd "mfi* at pci? dev ? function ?"
38 driver provides support for the MegaRAID SAS family of RAID controllers,
41 .Bl -dash -offset indent -compact
48 Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E,
51 LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP,
62 These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50
63 using either SAS or SATA II drives.
65 Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers,
66 the driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers.
67 All RAID configuration is done through the controllers' BIOSes.
70 supports monitoring of the logical disks in the controller through the
78 driver is able to send events to
80 if a logical drive in the controller is not online.
83 event will be sent to the
84 .Pa /etc/powerd/scripts/sensor_drive
85 script when such condition happens.
97 driver first appeared in