Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:34:06 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Georg Altmann <galtmann@las-cad.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for supported SAS controller Message-ID: <52F1329E.5010100@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <lcnurk$aho$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <lcnurk$aho$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On 2/3/2014 3:34 AM, Georg Altmann wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am looking for a PCIe SAS controller (HBA) for connecting a internal > SAS tape drive (HP LTO3/Ultrium3 Storageworks 920) that works with > FreeBSD 10. LSI. LSI all day long. Specifically, anything with an LSI SAS2008 chip on it. They go into a lot of OEM RAID cards, including those from Dell and IBM. You can find 8-port ones on eBay for less than USD100. If your eBay hunting doesn't go well, buy an LSI 9211-series card. Most of the cards have multi-lane connectors, but LSI sells fan-out cables. You can probably use third-party cables as well, I just never bothered. LSI or OEM, download the "IT Firmware BIOS" from LSI and reflash the card. That will turn it into a non-RAID HBA, which is what you want for non-disk devices (and ZFS). I found this article helpful: http://forums.freenas.org/threads/confused-about-that-lsi-card-join-the-crowd.11901/ It's about picking HBAs for a FreeNAS box, but applies here as well since FreeBSD is FreeBSD-based.
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