From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Frederic TEMPORELLI Subject: Re: any experience with PCI Express parallel scsi controllers? Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:10:14 +0100 Message-ID: <45DB1D66.8010404@ext.bull.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from ecfrec.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.8]:35758 "EHLO ecfrec.frec.bull.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965319AbXBTQKO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:10:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Christopher Allen Wing Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org may be SCSI to USB adapter ? such adapters seen on commercial web sites... (adaptec, belkin, ...) but: - USB2 mandatory - driver for linux ? regards -- =46rederic Temporelli Christopher Allen Wing a =E9crit : > Hello, >=20 > I'm trying to connect some older SCSI devices to new servers which on= ly > have PCI Express expansion slots. Unfortunately it seems that there = are > very few parallel SCSI HBA cards available for PCI Express systems.=20 > Most SCSI controller manufacturers are only selling PCI-X cards if yo= u > want parallel SCSI. >=20 >=20 > 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 we= b > 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 o= nly > works with tape drives) is true or false? >=20 > 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.= =20 > There is also an ATTO Technology PCI Express card with parallel SCSI;= it > sells for around $500. >=20 >=20 > Any ideas or suggestions? >=20 >=20 > Thanks a lot, >=20 > Chris Wing > wingc@engin.umich.edu > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi"= in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >=20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html