Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
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. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Supported SAS controllers (single port)
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? This post says it should work so it's my current front runner.. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=59735postcount=5 Thanks. -- 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
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:00:58 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? This post says it should work so it's my current front runner.. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=59735postcount=5 It should be supported by mpt(4). -- John Baldwin ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
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 :) You may want to flash the non-raid firmware from LSI onto it. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On 08/12/2010, at 24:49, John Baldwin wrote: On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:00:58 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? This post says it should work so it's my current front runner.. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=59735postcount=5 It should be supported by mpt(4). OK, thanks! -- 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
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
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. -- 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
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On 08/12/2010, at 12:13, Jason Fortezzo wrote: This post says it should work so it's my current front runner.. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=59735postcount=5 You can save a little money by going with the Intel SASUC8I, which is the same exact card re-badged by Intel. Ahh interesting, although the LSI card is available from one of our usual wholesalers, I can't find a local reseller of the Intel one :( -- 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
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 11:30:58PM +1030, 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? This post says it should work so it's my current front runner.. http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=59735postcount=5 You can save a little money by going with the Intel SASUC8I, which is the same exact card re-badged by Intel. -- Jason Fortezzo forte...@mechanicalism.net ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
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 ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Supported SAS controllers (single port)
On 08/12/2010, at 12:39, Charles Sprickman wrote: 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 Cheaper to buy the LSI SAS 3442E-R :) Thanks for the pointer though. -- 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
