On Dec 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > 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? >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> Our supplier has an LSI SAS3081E-R which is not outrageously expensive, has >>> anyone used one? >> >> Yes, I've got one, it works fine :) > > Ahh, good news, thanks :) > > Have you used it with a tape drive? > >> You may want to flash the non-raid firmware from LSI onto it. > > OK thanks. > > I just realised it doesn't have any external connectors so I'll have to find > another candidate. > > 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.
I have a LSI SAS3801E (note lack of -R suffix) in a FreeBSD 8 box that is hooked up to a Quantum SuperLoader LTO-4 tape drive. It's not in production yet, and I haven't done extensive testing, but so far it probes the tape drive and autochanger correctly. The LSI SAS3801E itself attaches as a mpt device. It has two external connectors but no internal ones. I had intended to use an Areca ARC-1300-4X external SAS controller to drive this tape unit but, alas, I discovered that there is as yet no FreeBSD driver for that card. :-( Cheers, Paul. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
