From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 8 01:37:09 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 4AF44106566C for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:37:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1A48FC17 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 01:37:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ur.gsoft.com.au (Ur.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.44]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id oB81auGZ037600 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:07:01 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-66--67596494; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 From: "Daniel O'Connor" In-Reply-To: <4CFE6D1B.3070502@bit0.com> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:06:55 +1030 Message-Id: References: <6BCA9614-9C5C-4828-B126-79FF5EA0E57F@gsoft.com.au> <4CFE6D1B.3070502@bit0.com> To: Mike Andrews X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Spam-Score: -2.51 () ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 203.31.81.10 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org 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 01:37:09 -0000 --Apple-Mail-66--67596494 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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? >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Our supplier has an LSI SAS3081E-R which is not outrageously = expensive, has anyone used one? >=20 > 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 --Apple-Mail-66--67596494--