IBM ServeRAID 7k & 5.3

[Scott Long]

Jan Mikkelsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking at the same issue with a Serveraid 6i in an xSeries x226.  In
> hindsight, I should have specified an iir controller, possibly with some
> machine other than an IBM!
> 
> There seems to be an ioctl where a user mode program can issue a command to
> the controller to find out what is going on.  Is there any documentation
> available for this?  I've started to experiment, but I haven't done much
> yet.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jan Mikkelsen.
> 

There is no documentation on anything related to this that I know of.
Sorry.  These are decent cards, but there seems to be little chance that
Adaptec or IBM will support online management under FreeBSD.

Scott