From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 4 19:45:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 96208C13 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22e.google.com (mail-oa0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5819412EF for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id n16so10368662oag.19 for ; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:45:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=JJsoFc66OKdfaiAZgd/sWqb7iHUslQ1WMvNjc2G3whw=; b=SYlyeLpvJ5OQ4X54N/z6S8A5v+vcJbqaHTIwkpBRIWw/ql7lWRno20f86kdaWVa8dF LabJ4pz+u/KzpJG2MjWSwl5CVKVJ+PT3XwXn4BMcSoNdt8+mknnhzlzAXnpaOMjNtHIp tpzgPiZx3OndJ4SQ8gzVGzXtUhC3yD487yEVOdGhOeJFne4Inr71fV3QiuG+wFIddvTy QIE9bWW1oSBdkWptJPkt08sYg4LPW24G3lH2GTSjxCN8gaQOjF0al9nR/lucv9nX6mln cdmu1bQNMEoWs3UzaRzP3EL0jqPRe6mO9k59aZmHkDg8ZnAcA7fwdC/jdtRjoZSn7CcL J2Cw== X-Received: by 10.60.33.229 with SMTP id u5mr2262222oei.85.1391543132530; Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:45:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.3] ([72.189.249.168]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ut2sm43413233obc.3.2014.02.04.11.45.31 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:45:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52F1435A.1060800@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:45:30 -0500 From: OutBackDingo User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for supported SAS controller References: <52F1329E.5010100@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <52F1329E.5010100@bluerosetech.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:45:33 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/04/2014 01:34 PM, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > 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. LSI is definately great card i use the 9211-8i in everything without issues > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS8UNVAAoJEP7cFACJNhNaNJkIAKTRoNqCpJg3ZBjJpgincvT2 1Zp4HNsnMKlBRHi8k68cPNFiJqoUDHQTu9a047BtvapX+Rwc/LrqZPEeAGGOjutH aQhSTIQJNqpOzQcbv45YocUd1VQH/Qlk+CS4SHTO57KkJCkouJc+UnJC1wM2T1Wm CAXcYmciJQHwD8OAULOGmqWDXZl/5GKJh3WVAYks3FGi8f0lJy3yzXU3SipgNa9Z uNgxuOjt57SQqDHQpELkVHAL8M4xynjq4ofEkwUqVjnUL7qcPuS7hNY9qkQgstCY vRRRmTOqnE8tU30MqVmMlOkfVJrlz/QKUejlcJR5TuiOXXhqdVv0jA0wx0T067I= =Beaw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----