[OpenIndiana-discuss] Any HP Servers recommendation for Openindiana (Capacity Server) ?

[Open Indiana]

Make sure that you check the Solaris HCL since a lot of SAS controllers do
not function 100% under Solaris/OpenIndiana. This is also true for the 3Ware
controllers.
If you look at the LSI website you can see if the card you want has Solaris
support/drivers. If it doesn't don't buy it. I have a server with a 3Ware
9550SX for example, that won't run/install any Solaris installer.


-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Driggs [mailto:gdriggs at gmail.com]
Sent: donderdag 5 januari 2012 12:54
To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any HP Servers recommendation for
Openindiana (Capacity Server) ?

On Jan 5, 2012, "Svavar Örn Eysteinsson" wrote:

> Can anyone point me at some controller that would pair well.

Any of the 6Gb SAS HBAs from LSI that have external ports. However, you
might avoid their 3ware line as the last time I tried one with HP hardware
it couldn't load the card's firmware even after disabling every thing else
from the BIOS. That may have improved since then but I get the impression
their 3ware line has lower priority for eng/dev time which is sad since
3ware gear prior to LSI acquisition was top notch. Again, YMMV.

-Gary

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