Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:53:22 -0500 From: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mike Andrews <mandrews@bit0.com> Subject: Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port) Message-ID: <BD3BD551-E29C-4DEE-80B5-07BD45BDE528@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <A6F757E2-D864-4AF1-9EEB-1D3C61310BFB@gsoft.com.au> References: <6BCA9614-9C5C-4828-B126-79FF5EA0E57F@gsoft.com.au> <4CFE6D1B.3070502@bit0.com> <A6F757E2-D864-4AF1-9EEB-1D3C61310BFB@gsoft.com.au>
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On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, 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. > > 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. I have a LSI SAS3801E (note lack of -R suffix) in a FreeBSD 8 box that is hooked up to a Quantum SuperLoader LTO-4 tape drive. It's not in production yet, and I haven't done extensive testing, but so far it probes the tape drive and autochanger correctly. The LSI SAS3801E itself attaches as a mpt device. It has two external connectors but no internal ones. I had intended to use an Areca ARC-1300-4X external SAS controller to drive this tape unit but, alas, I discovered that there is as yet no FreeBSD driver for that card. :-( Cheers, Paul.
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