From: Frederic TEMPORELLI <frederic.temporelli@ext.bull.net>
To: Christopher Allen Wing <wingc@engin.umich.edu>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: any experience with PCI Express parallel scsi controllers?
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:10:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45DB1D66.8010404@ext.bull.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0702200959540.12650@gx620.engin.umich.edu>
may be SCSI to USB adapter ?
such adapters seen on commercial web sites...
(adaptec, belkin, ...)
but:
- USB2 mandatory
- driver for linux ?
regards
--
Frederic Temporelli
Christopher Allen Wing a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to connect some older SCSI devices to new servers which only
> have PCI Express expansion slots. Unfortunately it seems that there are
> very few parallel SCSI HBA cards available for PCI Express systems.
> Most SCSI controller manufacturers are only selling PCI-X cards if you
> want parallel SCSI.
>
>
> Has anyone else been in this situation? One product that we found is a
> board sold by HP (HP SC11Xe) based on a LSI Logic chipset. This is a
> PCI Express controller with a single U320 parallel SCSI channel. It is
> reasonably priced ($200); unfortunately, the documentation on HP's web
> site states that it will only work with tape devices. Is anyone
> familiar with this card who might know if this claim (that the card only
> works with tape drives) is true or false?
>
> Otherwise, Adaptec does not seem to sell any parallel SCSI cards for PCI
> Express; there are a few expensive PCI Express RAID controllers out
> there with parallel SCSI but I don't need a hardware RAID controller.
> There is also an ATTO Technology PCI Express card with parallel SCSI; it
> sells for around $500.
>
>
> Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Chris Wing
> wingc@engin.umich.edu
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-20 15:10 any experience with PCI Express parallel scsi controllers? Christopher Allen Wing
2007-02-20 16:10 ` Frederic TEMPORELLI [this message]
2007-02-20 16:36 ` Sven Rudolph
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2007-02-20 17:04 Moore, Eric
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