[Suns-at-Home] E450 and external scsi

[David Barnes]

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.
>
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