Re: A5000 and qlogic

Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1170223291.095028.313370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"BL" <c50342182003@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,
I have a E250 and A5000 storage but I have no HBA card inside my E250
server. By the way, I have bought a qlogic 2100f from ebay. Can I use
it to connect the A5000?
Thanks.

I seem to recall that the SUN A5000 (aka photon) arrays used their own
SUN-branded interface. It wasn't standard Fibre protocol so you can't use a
Fibre HBA to connect to it.

I think you're thinking of the SSA (Sun Storage Array). Those ran at an
odd speed of something like 25MB/s and point-to-point only. The A5000
is normal FCAL.

I'm not sure if it needs special drivers though. This post seems to be
somewhat relevant.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sun.admin/browse_thread/thread/e93dd3b94ff76df7/

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