Looking for supported SAS controller

[OutBackDingo]

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On 02/04/2014 01:34 PM, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> On 2/3/2014 3:34 AM, Georg Altmann wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I am looking for a PCIe SAS controller (HBA) for connecting a
>> internal SAS tape drive (HP LTO3/Ultrium3 Storageworks 920) that
>> works with FreeBSD 10.
> 
> LSI.  LSI all day long.  Specifically, anything with an LSI SAS2008
> chip on it.  They go into a lot of OEM RAID cards, including those
> from Dell and IBM.  You can find 8-port ones on eBay for less than
> USD100.  If your eBay hunting doesn't go well, buy an LSI
> 9211-series card.  Most of the cards have multi-lane connectors,
> but LSI sells fan-out cables.  You can probably use third-party
> cables as well, I just never bothered.  LSI or OEM, download the
> "IT Firmware BIOS" from LSI and reflash the card. That will turn it
> into a non-RAID HBA, which is what you want for non-disk devices
> (and ZFS).
> 
> I found this article helpful:
> 
> http://forums.freenas.org/threads/confused-about-that-lsi-card-join-the-crowd.11901/
>
> 
> 
> It's about picking HBAs for a FreeNAS box, but applies here as
> well since FreeBSD is FreeBSD-based.

LSI is definately  great card i use the 9211-8i in everything without
issues


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