Re: Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/11/2014 11:26 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> I know what it is for (SAN) but I've never worked with fiberchannel. Can I
> get SATA ports out of this though some adapter?
> Like
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-10-Emulex-250-076-900D-SATA-TO-FIBRE-CHANNEL-ADAPTER-/151263868767

FC infrastucture is very expensive, it would be insane to use it to run 
a SATA adapter so you could use a cheap drive.

> btw: what is wrong with HP? The pictures are so tiny that they're virtually
> useless
>
> see
> https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/99/361426-B21.htm
> useless thumbnail pic!

obsolete products, old catalog info.

anyways, I looked up that ISP2312 QLogic chip on the FC HBA, its is 
PCI-X, not PCI-E, and again, its on a proprietary mezzenaine form factor.


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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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