Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:20:02 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Brian Hechinger <wonko@4amlunch.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Target Mode FC Message-ID: <43D87822.7060405@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20060126035150.GK7193@wiggum.4amlunch.net> References: <20060126035150.GK7193@wiggum.4amlunch.net>
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Brian Hechinger wrote: > What's the current status of Target Mode Fiber Channel these days? I'm > interested in doing it with a sparc64 box. Is there a recommended FC card? > I think I've got a couple QLogic 2100s laying around (I'd have to check what > model they are, they are the ones that a sun can't boot from, so that leads > me to believe that they are 2100s) > > How well supported are the LSI MegaRAID cards as well? I could probably just > bite the bullet and do software RAID since this box will be doing nothing else, > but I just like hardware RAID. ;) MegaRAID is supported very well on little-endian machines (notice the emphasis here), though I'm not sure what that has to do with your question about FC target mode. > > Short of that, whare are good supported SATA cards? How about the SiL 3114 > cards? There are a number of issues with SiI chips which make it hard to write a reliable driver. There are several good choices for SATA RAID, though the drivers likely are not endian-clean. Scott
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