From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Subject: Re: Question regarding SAS controllers. Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:21:21 +0000 Message-ID: <20081122222120.GA12360@gallifrey> References: <660360F4F2570145BD872F298951B17A5CC40737@cosmail03.lsi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Justin Piszcz Cc: "Moore, Eric" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , Alan Piszcz List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org * Justin Piszcz (jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com) wrote: > Eric, > > Thanks, I had checked this out earlier but the only non-raid SAS HBAs > (those HBAs that do not end in -R) that are JBOD seem to be external only > (e.g., do not contain any internal SAS ports?) > > Justin. For some of the SAS cards that LSI produce there are 2 sets of firmware on their site and you can load the non-RAID firmware; both versions will let you drive stuff as individual drives (e.g. tape drives or inidivudal discs) but the non-RAID firmware is a LOT faster for that. Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/