To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
device pcidevice scbusdevice ips
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
loader.conf5:
ips_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
The
driver claims to support the
IBM
(now Adaptec) ServeRAID series
SCSI
controller cards.
These cards come with a built in configuration utility stored in
the firmware known as the
ISPR
This utility is accessed with the
Aq Em Ctrl+I
key combination during the initial card
POST
It is highly recommended that this utility be used to configure the card
before attempting to diagnose the below error messages.
In some cases, the
driver can have difficulties attaching during
the system initialization period.
To avoid these difficulties, set the
hw.ips.0.disable
tunable to 1.
It will prevent the driver from attaching.
HARDWARE
Controllers supported by the
driver include:
IBM ServeRAID 3H
ServeRAID 4L/4M/4H
ServeRAID Series 5
ServeRAID 6i/6M
ServeRAID 7t/7k/7M
DIAGNOSTICS
Several error codes may be shown when the card initializes the
IBMISPR
utility and are independent of
Fx .
ips%d: failed to get adapter configuration data from device
ips%d: failed to get drive configuration data from device
Unable to obtain adapter or drive configuration.
ips%d iobuf error
A buffer input/output error has occurred.
Bq Er ENXIO
General adapter errors:
Attaching bus failed
This message is undocumented.
WARNING: command timeout. Adapter is in toaster mode, resetting
A command timeout has caused the adapter to be reset.
AIEE! adapter reset failed, giving up and going home! Have a nice day
An error occurred while attempting to reset the adapter.
unable to get adapter configuration
unable to get drive configuration
There was an error when attempting to get configuration information.
Adapter error during initialization.
adapter initialization failed
There was an error while attempting to initialize the adapter.
adapter failed config check
adapter clear failed
There was an error while checking the adapter.
device is disabled
The adapter is disabled.
resource allocation failed
irq allocation failed
irq setup failed
The driver was unable to allocate resources for the device.
Error messages due to DMA:
can't alloc command dma tag
can't alloc SG dma tag
can't alloc dma tag for statue queue
dmamap failed
Failure to map or allocate DMA resources.
Cache, buffer, and command errors:
failed to initialize command buffers
no mem for command slots!
The
driver will return
Bq Er ENOMEM
in such cases.
ERROR: unable to get a command! can't flush cache!
ERROR: cache flush command failed!
ERROR: unable to get a command! can't update nvram
ERROR: nvram update command failed!
ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
ERROR: cache sync command failed!
ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
ERROR: etable command failed!
COMPATIBILITY
Unlike many of the other
SCSI
devices in
Fx ,
the
driver does not use the
cam(4)
SCSI
subsystem.
