hi there, i need to connect some old raid subsystems to a opensolaris box via fibre channel. can you recommend any FC HBA? thanx
On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote:> hi there, > i need to connect some old raid subsystems to a opensolaris box via fibre > channel. can you recommend any FC HBA? > > thanx > ______________________________ >How old? If its 1gbit you''ll need a 4gb or slower hba. Qlogic would be my preference. You should be able to find a 2340 for cheap on eBay. Or a 2460 if you want 4gb. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20121019/1786254e/attachment.html>
Yep i Need. 4 Gig with multipathing if possible. On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Tim Cook <tim at cook.ms> wrote: On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote:> hi there, > i need to connect some old raid subsystems to a opensolaris box via fibre > channel. can you recommend any FC HBA? > > thanx > ______________________________ >How old? If its 1gbit you''ll need a 4gb or slower hba. Qlogic would be my preference. You should be able to find a 2340 for cheap on eBay. Or a 2460 if you want 4gb. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20121019/aba52c08/attachment.html>
The built in drivers support Mpha so you''re good to go. On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote:> Yep i Need. 4 Gig with multipathing if possible. > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Tim Cook <tim at cook.ms <javascript:_e({}, > ''cvml'', ''tim at cook.ms'');>> wrote: > > > > On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote: > >> hi there, >> i need to connect some old raid subsystems to a opensolaris box via fibre >> channel. can you recommend any FC HBA? >> >> thanx >> ______________________________ >> > > > How old? If its 1gbit you''ll need a 4gb or slower hba. Qlogic would be my > preference. You should be able to find a 2340 for cheap on eBay. Or a 2460 > if you want 4gb. > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20121020/7fc5b11b/attachment.html>
Do make sure you''re getting one that has the proper firmware. Those with BIOS don''t work in SPARC boxes, and those with OpenBoot don''t work in x64 stuff. A quick "Sun FC HBA" search on ebay turns up a whole list of stuff that''s "official" Sun HBAs, which will give you an idea of the (max) pricing you''ll be paying. There''s currently a *huge* price difference between the 4Gb and 2Gb adapters. Also, keep in mind that PCI-X adapters are far more common at the 1/2Gb range, while PCI-E starts to be the most common choice at 4Gb+ Here''s a list of all the old Sun FC HBAs (which can help you sort out which are for x64 systems, and which were for SPARC systems): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracle-storage-networking-190061.html As Tim said, these should all have built-in drivers in the Illumos codebase. -Erik On 10/20/2012 4:24 PM, Tim Cook wrote:> The built in drivers support Mpha so you''re good to go. > > On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote: > > Yep i Need. 4 Gig with multipathing if possible. > > On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:34 PM, Tim Cook <tim at cook.ms > <javascript:_e({}, ''cvml'', ''tim at cook.ms'');>> wrote: > >> >> >> On Friday, October 19, 2012, Christof Haemmerle wrote: >> >> hi there, >> i need to connect some old raid subsystems to a opensolaris >> box via fibre channel. can you recommend any FC HBA? >> >> thanx >> ______________________________ >> >> >> >> How old? If its 1gbit you''ll need a 4gb or slower hba. Qlogic >> would be my preference. You should be able to find a 2340 for >> cheap on eBay. Or a 2460 if you want 4gb. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20121021/e65082a5/attachment.html>
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Erik Trimble <trims at netdemons.com> wrote:> Do make sure you''re getting one that has the proper firmware. > > Those with BIOS don''t work in SPARC boxes, and those with OpenBoot don''t > work in x64 stuff. > > A quick "Sun FC HBA" search on ebay turns up a whole list of stuff that''s > "official" Sun HBAs, which will give you an idea of the (max) pricing > you''ll be paying. > > There''s currently a *huge* price difference between the 4Gb and 2Gb > adapters. Also, keep in mind that PCI-X adapters are far more common at > the 1/2Gb range, while PCI-E starts to be the most common choice at 4Gb+ > > Here''s a list of all the old Sun FC HBAs (which can help you sort out > which are for x64 systems, and which were for SPARC systems): > > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/oracle-storage-networking-190061.html > > As Tim said, these should all have built-in drivers in the Illumos > codebase. > > > -Erik > > >The only ones that have that limitation are the Sun OEM cards. If you buy a QLogic retail card you can use it in either system. --Tim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20121021/3c551921/attachment.html>