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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:18:45 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        David Gwynne <david@gwynne.id.au>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD SCSI <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Looking for PCI express SCSI diff card recommendations
Message-ID:  <2A01FD6E-5C3F-463F-9505-59EEEB991827@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <479EF192-798A-41FF-956C-E34FF73C7223@gwynne.id.au>
References:  <9D2ED808-CE43-41BE-9698-45F0D85843A7@langille.org> <9C8F819A-7B8F-46C8-90E7-BDD16C785BD8@samsco.org> <6E940B63-F5A4-4A22-AFE7-08F39508A910@langille.org> <0472C7BF-B61F-4549-99CF-37A135A32D5D@samsco.org> <479EF192-798A-41FF-956C-E34FF73C7223@gwynne.id.au>

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Yeah, I should have said that there=E2=80=99s nothing modern and in =
active production for parallel SCSI.  I=E2=80=99d recommend against the =
Adaptec product, the driver hasn=E2=80=99t been maintained in years.  =
The LSI one might work, but I have no recent experience with it.  =
You=E2=80=99ll need to get an LVD to HVD converter.  I found this one:

http://iec.net/product/ultra320-to-hvd-scsi-converter/

It=E2=80=99s pretty pricey since it=E2=80=99s so niche.  HVD was a =
source of many rack fires back in the day, I seriously recommend being =
cautious with this is.

Scott


> On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:37 PM, David Gwynne <david@gwynne.id.au> wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure LSI made a PCIe U320 SCSI controller. Look for =
lsi20320ie on ebay maybe?
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> Can you go from that to HVD?
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> dlg
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>> On 14 Jan 2019, at 08:30, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote:
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>> Yeah, but even those motherboards are getting harder and harder to =
find.
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>> Scott
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>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote:
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>>> This is more for an existing ancient tape library.  It may be easier =
to buy a new motherboard which has both a PCI and an PCIE slot.=20
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>>> --=20
>>> Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
>>> dan@langille.org
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>>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote:
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>>>> Hi Dan,
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>>>> I don=E2=80=99t know of any PCI Express cards that do SCSI, much =
less HVD SCSI.  You might need to start looking at SAS or Fibre Channel =
for future tape drives.  Ken Merry would be a good person asl about =
those.
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>>>> Scott
>>>>=20
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>>>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> =
wrote:
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>>>>> I have an existing SCSI differential PCI card which works. I want =
to consolidate
>>>>> some services into another chassis, so I am looking for a similar =
/ equivalent card
>>>>> for a PCIE slot.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> This is a photo of the connector, showing the SCS symbol.  =
https://twitter.com/DLangille/status/1084566640887562240 =
<https://twitter.com/DLangille/status/1084566640887562240>;
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I am looking for help in locating a replacement. I do not know =
what to search for.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> I think that is a n HD68 connector, but I'm failing to find =
something on eBay.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Guidance please, especially if you can think of a model number to =
search for.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> --=20
>>>>> Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
>>>>> dan@langille.org
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
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