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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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