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Written by Marco Peereboom <marco (at] peereboom.us>

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.Dd December 17, 2006 .Dt MFI 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mfi .Nd LSI Logic & Dell MegaRAID SAS RAID controller .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "mfi* at pci? dev ? function ?" .Cd "scsibus* at mfi?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm driver provides support for the MegaRAID SAS family of RAID controllers, including:

p l -dash -offset indent -compact t Dell PERC 5/e, PERC 5/i t Intel RAID Controller SRCSAS18E, SRCSAS144E t LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8408E, MegaRAID SAS 8480E .El

p These controllers support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and RAID 50 using either SAS or SATA II drives.

p Although the controllers are actual RAID controllers, the driver makes them look just like SCSI controllers. All RAID configuration is done through the controllers' BIOSes. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 4 , .Xr pci 4 , .Xr scsi 4 , .Xr sd 4 , .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Nx 4.0 .