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CCISS(4) Linux Programmer's Manual CCISS(4)

NAME

     cciss - HP Smart Array block driver

SYNOPSIS

     modprobe cciss [ cciss_allow_hpsa=1 ]

DESCRIPTION

     Note: This obsolete driver was removed from the kernel in version 4.14,
     as it is superseded by the hpsa(4) driver in newer kernels.
     cciss is a block driver for older HP Smart Array RAID controllers.
 Options
     cciss_allow_hpsa=1: This option prevents the cciss driver from attempt-
     ing to drive any controllers that the hpsa(4) driver is capable of con-
     trolling, which is to say, the  cciss  driver  is  restricted  by  this
     option to the following controllers:
         Smart Array 5300
         Smart Array 5i
         Smart Array 532
         Smart Array 5312
         Smart Array 641
         Smart Array 642
         Smart Array 6400
         Smart Array 6400 EM
         Smart Array 6i
         Smart Array P600
         Smart Array P400i
         Smart Array E200i
         Smart Array E200
         Smart Array E200i
         Smart Array E200i
         Smart Array E200i
         Smart Array E500
 Supported hardware
     The cciss driver supports the following Smart Array boards:
         Smart Array 5300
         Smart Array 5i
         Smart Array 532
         Smart Array 5312
         Smart Array 641
         Smart Array 642
         Smart Array 6400
         Smart Array 6400 U320 Expansion Module
         Smart Array 6i
         Smart Array P600
         Smart Array P800
         Smart Array E400
         Smart Array P400i
         Smart Array E200
         Smart Array E200i
         Smart Array E500
         Smart Array P700m
         Smart Array P212
         Smart Array P410
         Smart Array P410i
         Smart Array P411
         Smart Array P812
         Smart Array P712m
         Smart Array P711m
 Configuration details
     To configure HP Smart Array controllers, use the HP Array Configuration
     Utility (either hpacuxe(8) or hpacucli(8))  or  the  Offline  ROM-based
     Configuration  Utility  (ORCA) run from the Smart Array's option ROM at
     boot time.

FILES

 Device nodes
     The device naming scheme is as follows:
     Major numbers:
         104     cciss0
         105     cciss1
         106     cciss2
         105     cciss3
         108     cciss4
         109     cciss5
         110     cciss6
         111     cciss7
     Minor numbers:
         b7 b6 b5 b4 b3 b2 b1 b0
         |----+----| |----+----|
              |           |
              |           +-------- Partition ID (0=wholedev, 1-15 partition)
              |
              +-------------------- Logical Volume number
     The device naming scheme is:
         /dev/cciss/c0d0         Controller 0, disk 0, whole device
         /dev/cciss/c0d0p1       Controller 0, disk 0, partition 1
         /dev/cciss/c0d0p2       Controller 0, disk 0, partition 2
         /dev/cciss/c0d0p3       Controller 0, disk 0, partition 3
         /dev/cciss/c1d1         Controller 1, disk 1, whole device
         /dev/cciss/c1d1p1       Controller 1, disk 1, partition 1
         /dev/cciss/c1d1p2       Controller 1, disk 1, partition 2
         /dev/cciss/c1d1p3       Controller 1, disk 1, partition 3
 Files in /proc
     The files /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]+ contain information about  the
     configuration of each controller.  For example:
         $  cd  /proc/driver/cciss  $ ls -l total 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0
         2010-09-10 10:38 cciss0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0  2010-09-10  10:38
         cciss1  -rw-r--r--  1  root  root  0  2010-09-10 10:38 cciss2 $ cat
         cciss2 cciss2: HP Smart Array P800 Controller Board ID:  0x3223103c
         Firmware Version: 7.14 IRQ: 16 Logical drives: 1 Current Q depth: 0
         Current # commands on controller: 0 Max Q depth since init: 1 Max #
         commands  on controller since init: 2 Max SG entries since init: 32
         Sequential access devices: 0
         cciss/c2d0:   36.38GB       RAID 0
 Files in /sys
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/model
            Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page 0 model for logical  drive  Y  of
            controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/rev
            Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page 0 revision for logical drive Y of
            controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/unique_id
            Displays the SCSI INQUIRY page  83  serial  number  for  logical
            drive Y of controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/vendor
            Displays  the  SCSI INQUIRY page 0 vendor for logical drive Y of
            controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/block:cciss!cXdY
            A symbolic link to /sys/block/cciss!cXdY.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/rescan
            When this file is written to, the driver rescans the  controller
            to discover any new, removed, or modified logical drives.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/resettable
            A  value  of  1  displayed  in  this  file  indicates  that  the
            "reset_devices=1" kernel parameter (used by kdump) is honored by
            this   controller.    A   value   of   0   indicates   that  the
            "reset_devices=1" kernel parameter will not  be  honored.   Some
            models of Smart Array are not able to honor this parameter.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/lunid
            Displays  the  8-byte  LUN ID used to address logical drive Y of
            controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/raid_level
            Displays the RAID level of logical drive Y of controller X.
     /sys/bus/pci/devices/<dev>/ccissX/cXdY/usage_count
            Displays the usage count (number of opens) of logical drive Y of
            controller X.
 SCSI tape drive and medium changer support
     SCSI sequential access devices and medium changer devices are supported
     and appropriate device nodes are automatically created (e.g., /dev/st0,
     /dev/st1,  etc.;  see  st(4)  for more details.)  You must enable "SCSI
     tape drive support for Smart Array 5xxx" and  "SCSI  support"  in  your
     kernel configuration to be able to use SCSI tape drives with your Smart
     Array 5xxx controller.
     Additionally, note that the driver will not engage  the  SCSI  core  at
     init  time.  The driver must be directed to dynamically engage the SCSI
     core via the /proc filesystem entry, which  the  "block"  side  of  the
     driver  creates  as  /proc/driver/cciss/cciss*  at  run  time.  This is
     because at driver init time, the SCSI core may not yet  be  initialized
     (because  the  driver  is a block driver) and attempting to register it
     with the SCSI core in such a case would cause a  hang.   This  is  best
     done  via an initialization script (typically in /etc/init.d, but could
     vary depending on distribution).  For example:
         for x in /proc/driver/cciss/cciss[0-9]* do
             echo "engage scsi" > $x done
     Once the SCSI core is engaged by the driver, it  cannot  be  disengaged
     (except  by  unloading the driver, if it happens to be linked as a mod-
     ule.)
     Note also that if no sequential access devices or medium  changers  are
     detected,  the SCSI core will not be engaged by the action of the above
     script.
 Hot plug support for SCSI tape drives
     Hot plugging of SCSI tape drives is supported, with some caveats.   The
     cciss  driver  must  be informed that changes to the SCSI bus have been
     made.  This may be done via the /proc filesystem.  For example:
         echo "rescan" > /proc/scsi/cciss0/1
     This causes the driver to:
            1. query the adapter about changes to the  physical  SCSI  buses
               and/or fibre channel arbitrated loop, and
            2. make  note of any new or removed sequential access devices or
               medium changers.
     The driver will output messages  indicating  which  devices  have  been
     added  or  removed  and  the  controller,  bus, target, and lun used to
     address each device.  The driver then notifies  the  SCSI  midlayer  of
     these changes.
     Note  that  the  naming convention of the /proc filesystem entries con-
     tains a number in addition to the driver name (e.g.,  "cciss0"  instead
     of just "cciss", which you might expect).
     Note:  Only sequential access devices and medium changers are presented
     as SCSI devices to the SCSI midlayer by  the  cciss  driver.   Specifi-
     cally,  physical  SCSI  disk  drives are not presented to the SCSI mid-
     layer.  The only disk devices that are presented to the kernel are log-
     ical  drives  that  the array controller constructs from regions on the
     physical drives.  The logical drives are presented to the  block  layer
     (not  to the SCSI midlayer).  It is important for the driver to prevent
     the kernel from accessing the physical  drives  directly,  since  these
     drives  are  used  by  the  array  controller  to construct the logical
     drives.
 SCSI error handling for tape drives and medium changers
     The Linux SCSI midlayer provides an  error-handling  protocol  that  is
     initiated  whenever  a  SCSI command fails to complete within a certain
     amount of time (which can vary depending on the  command).   The  cciss
     driver participates in this protocol to some extent.  The normal proto-
     col is a four-step process:
  • First, the device is told to abort the command.
  • If that doesn't work, the device is reset.
  • If that doesn't work, the SCSI bus is reset.
  • If that doesn't work, the host bus adapter is reset.
     The cciss driver is a block driver as well as a SCSI  driver  and  only
     the tape drives and medium changers are presented to the SCSI midlayer.
     Furthermore, unlike more straightforward SCSI drivers, disk I/O contin-
     ues  through  the  block  side  during the SCSI error-recovery process.
     Therefore, the cciss driver implements only  the  first  two  of  these
     actions,  aborting  the  command,  and resetting the device.  Note also
     that most tape drives will not oblige in aborting commands,  and  some-
     times  it  appears  they  will not even obey a reset command, though in
     most circumstances they will.  If the command cannot be aborted and the
     device cannot be reset, the device will be set offline.
     In the event that the error-handling code is triggered and a tape drive
     is successfully reset or the tardy command is successfully aborted, the
     tape  drive  may  still not allow I/O to continue until some command is
     issued that positions the tape to a known position.  Typically you must
     rewind  the  tape (by issuing mt -f /dev/st0 rewind for example) before
     I/O can proceed again to a tape drive that was reset.

SEE ALSO

     hpsa(4), cciss_vol_status(8), hpacucli(8), hpacuxe(8)
     and   Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt   and    Documentation/ABI/test-
     ing/sysfs-bus-pci-devices-cciss in the Linux kernel source tree

COLOPHON

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     latest     version     of     this    page,    can    be    found    at
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