Re: E450 and external scsi
David Barnes <[email protected]>
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ok cool... thanks for the info and the link David Barnes davebarnes AT roadrunner DOT com OpenVMS , Tru64 , Solaris , Linux , OS X , SGI Irix On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:31 AM, Craig Dewick wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, David Barnes wrote: > >> Hi All; >> I just picked up an E450, (only has 4 internal drives) and I want >> to attach a Sun multipack to it... what should I be looking for >> for a supported PCI scsi controller? > > One of the dual-channel Symbios 22801 cards would be ideal, or one > of the PCI SunSwift cards with single-channel SCSI + ethernet > (x1032a) will do the job too. > > Sun supports the 22801 card as the x6540a (and the 22802 which is > the HVD version of it as X6541a). Both those cards have a pair of > VHDCI connectors for external devices. Sun also supports single- > channel Symbios 8751 card (x5010a). The 8951 cards should also work > but some of the 8951's have a revision of the Symbios ASIC that the > 'glm' driver doesn't support. > > The 'glm' driver will work with just about all PCI SCSI cards using > the 53c875, 53c876, and related ASIC's. I've tested a varied bunch > of non-Sun PCI SCSI cards without many problems. Some of the ones > which the 'glm' driver doesn't work with have 3rd-party device > drivers though that's not the best solution unless those cards give > you a feature you can't get with run of the mill Symbios/LSI-based > SCSI cards. > > The system handbook section on Sun-supported SCSI cards is at: > > ttp://www.sunshack.org/data/sh/2.1/infoserver.central/data/syshbk/ > Devices/SCSI/SCSI_TOC.html > > Check the PCI section. Lots more than those will work, but grab a > Sun-barcoded card if you want to be sure. > > Craig. > > -- > Post by Craig Dewick (tm). Web @ "http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick". > Email 2 "[email protected]". SunShack @ "http:// > www.sunshack.org" > Galleries @ "http://www.sunshack.org/gallery2". Also lots of tech > data, etc. > Sun Microsystems webring at "http://n.webring.com/hub? > ring=sunmicrosystemsu".