Looking for PCI express SCSI diff card recommendations

[Scott Long]

Yeah, I should have said that there’s nothing modern and in active production for parallel SCSI.  I’d recommend against the Adaptec product, the driver hasn’t been maintained in years.  The LSI one might work, but I have no recent experience with it.  You’ll need to get an LVD to HVD converter.  I found this one:

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

It’s pretty pricey since it’s 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 at gwynne.id.au> wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty sure LSI made a PCIe U320 SCSI controller. Look for lsi20320ie on ebay maybe?
> 
> Can you go from that to HVD?
> 
> dlg
> 
>> On 14 Jan 2019, at 08:30, Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, but even those motherboards are getting harder and harder to find.
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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. 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
>>> dan at langille.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Scott Long <scottl at samsco.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Dan,
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t 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.
>>>> 
>>>> Scott
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is a photo of the connector, showing the SCS symbol.  https://twitter.com/DLangille/status/1084566640887562240 <https://twitter.com/DLangille/status/1084566640887562240>
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am looking for help in locating a replacement. I do not know what to search for.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think that is a n HD68 connector, but I'm failing to find something on eBay.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Guidance please, especially if you can think of a model number to search for.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Dan Langille - BSDCan / PGCon
>>>>> dan at langille.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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