[CentOS] Can anyone suggest a SCSI 3 card in either PCI-X or PCI-E x 4 for a Dell Poweredge 2900?

Thu Apr 7 18:05:22 UTC 2011
Michel van Deventer <michel at van.deventer.cx>

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 18:55 +0100, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Michel van Deventer
> <michel at van.deventer.cx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 10:45 -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
> >> On 04/07/11 10:23 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote:
> >> > The only PCI-X card I have is an old ICP Vortex RAID controller and
> >> > the Dell hangs with that installed (BIOS is disabled).
> >> >
> >> > It's only for a tape drive so performance isn't really an issue.
> >>
> >> parallel scsi is becoming somewhat archaic, and probably getting harder
> >> to find, but I've always liked the LSI Logic scsi cards.
> >>
> >> for PCI-X, that would be a LSI-U320, and for PCI-E X4, a LSU20320IE
> >> (both those have internal and external and external connectors on the
> >> same U320 SCSI channel)
> >>
> >>
> >> a few more choices here,
> >> http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/scsi_hbas/index.html
> >> (some have dual channels, others have different connectors)
> > What about a PERC4 from Dell (LSI Megaraid , PCI-X). You should be able
> > to find them for a reasonable price on Ebay (70 euro). I used to have a
> > few lying around ;)
> 
> It already has a PERC6 (I think) but that's fully occupied with the
> RAID. Am I asking for
> trouble having both installed?
No that should not be a problem. The PERC4 is fully supported under
Centos btw ;)

     Regards,

     Michel

p.s. I have a PERC4 available if you nee one, please contact me offlist,
we can work something out.