Supported SAS controllers (single port)

[Charles Sprickman]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2010, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

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> 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?
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>>> 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.
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>>> Our supplier has an LSI SAS3081E-R which is not outrageously expensive, has anyone used one?
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>> Yes, I've got one, it works fine :)
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> Ahh, good news, thanks :)
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> Have you used it with a tape drive?
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>> You may want to flash the non-raid firmware from LSI onto it.
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> OK thanks.
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> 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.
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