Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:09:09 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> 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: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1012072108310.43483@hotlap.local> 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 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 > > > > > > >
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