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Subject: Re: Feedback on FreeBSD 7.1/fiber channel into EMC SAN?
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 03:57:39PM +0100, Len Conrad wrote:
> I would appreciate any comments from experience with this config.

I don't have any experience with EMC-SANs, but...

> Which specific fiber channel card have you had success?

...a card with QLogic-Chipset should work (HP FC1243 with QLogic 2422 chip
for example (PCI-X)). Please have a look at isp(4) for more information.

There seem to be more possible cards that are handled by mpt(4), but I
have never seen one of those.

You probably also want to have a look at gmultipath(8).

disclaimer: I don't run FreeBSD in our SAN at this time, so I can't
really say anything about production use of FreeBSD in FC-ЅANs.

Uwe