From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 02:35:51 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D497D106564A for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 02:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA488FC08 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 02:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 93273 invoked by uid 0); 8 Dec 2010 02:09:11 -0000 Received: from smtp.bway.net (216.220.96.25) by xena.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Dec 2010 02:09:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 93264 invoked by uid 90); 8 Dec 2010 02:09:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.3.2.41?) (spork@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 8 Dec 2010 02:09:10 -0000 Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:09:09 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@hotlap.local To: Daniel O'Connor In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <6BCA9614-9C5C-4828-B126-79FF5EA0E57F@gsoft.com.au> <4CFE6D1B.3070502@bit0.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mike Andrews Subject: Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:35:51 -0000 On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On 08/12/2010, at 3:51, Mike Andrews wrote: >> On 12/7/2010 8:00 AM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: >>> Does anyone have a recommendation for one? >>> >>> I am looking to connect a LTO tape drive to a FreeBSD 7 or 8 box and I've only ever used Adaptec 19160 and similar cards and LVDS SCSI. >>> >>> Our supplier has an LSI SAS3081E-R which is not outrageously expensive, has anyone used one? >> >> Yes, I've got one, it works fine :) > > Ahh, good news, thanks :) > > Have you used it with a tape drive? > >> You may want to flash the non-raid firmware from LSI onto it. > > OK thanks. > > I just realised it doesn't have any external connectors so I'll have to > find another candidate. Have a look here, you might find something to bring an internal port out of the chassis: http://www.scsi4me.com/sas-serial-attached-scsi-adapters.html?osCsid=fda686b95b73fe275aaa7bec038e1dbc Charles > However I do see the LSI spec sheet for it lists the chip which is listed in mpt(4) so I should be able to find something. > > -- > Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer > for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au > "The nice thing about standards is that there > are so many of them to choose from." > -- Andrew Tanenbaum > GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C > > > > > > >