`<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div>You should definitly go for qlogic! I've used them extansively with Illumos/omnios, and they allways work well, both as initiator and/or target, and is easy to handle.</div><div><br></div><div>You can get qle2562 for around $500 at eBay.</div><div><br></div><div>Johan</div><br><font color="#990099">-----"OmniOS-discuss" <omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com> skrev: -----</font><div class="iNotesHistory" style="padding-left:5px;"><div style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:5px;border-left:solid black 2px;">Till: Dan McDonald <danmcd@omniti.com><br>Från: Martin Dojcak <martin@dojcak.sk><br>Sänt av: "OmniOS-discuss" <omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com><br>Datum: 2014-01-20 17:58<br>Kopia: omnios-discuss <omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com><br>Ärende: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS HBA Brocade 815 hardware compatibilty<br><br><div><font face="Courier New,Courier,monospace" size="3">Thanks Dan.<br><br>I recently read news ... and yes Brocade sells network adapter bis to<br>QLogic. There is another solution. Dell HW configurator (shop) offer<br>also other FC cards (which fit for our purpose):<br><br>1. QLogic:<br>QLogic (QLE)2560, Single Port 8Gb Optical Fibre Channel HBA<br>Qlogic is supported by illumos HCL (driver qlc, QLogic Corp.<br>ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA). From QLE2560<br>datasheet card is based on controller ISP2532.<br><br>2. Emulex:<br>Emulex LPE 12000, Single Port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA.<br>Emulex is also supported by HCL (driver emlxs, Emulex Corporation<br>Saturn-X: LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter).<br><br>So I choose betweeen Qlogic or Emulex.<br><br><br>On 01/20/2014 05:03 PM, Dan McDonald wrote:<br>> <br>> On Jan 20, 2014, at 7:56 AM, Martin Dojcak <martin@dojcak.sk> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Hi all,<br>>><br>>> Does anyone have experience with Brocade 815, Single Port 8Gb Fibre<br>>> Channel HBA card (or brocade 8XX) under OmniOS or Illumos ? The HCL of<br>>> illumos does not contain a definition for brocade hardware. We want to<br>>> use (buy) this card with dell PowerEdge R420. Brocade has adapter driver<br>>> package for solaris 10 and 11 but at the moment we dont have brocade FC<br>>> card. So it is impossible to verify installation.<br>> <br>> It is possible the S11 binary will work with OmniOS, BUT it would be impossible for us (or any other Illumos vendor) to properly support it.<br>> <br>> I just visited the Brocade adapter site, and it seems they've sold their adapter business to QLogic. In the past (during the OpenSolaris days) QLogic had open-sourceable drivers. Perhaps they can and will do the same.<br>> <br>> Sorry I can't be of more immediate assistance,<br>> Dan<br>> <br><br>-- <br>Martin Dojčák<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br>OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br><a href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a><br></font></div></omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com></martin@dojcak.sk></div></div><div></div></font>
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