[Info-vax] HBAs on x86

[Robert A. Brooks]

On 4/12/2019 1:57 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 4/12/2019 12:47 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
>> On 4/12/2019 1:33 PM, Mark Berryman wrote:
>>> The storage in my cluster is all SAN based so I am wondering what HBA(s) VSI 
>>> will be initially supporting in the x86 port.
>>>
>>> Has this information been released yet?
>>
>> Probably not released yet, but it'll definitely be Qlogic to start.
>>
>> Certainly the 16GB adapter we support now; early work with a 32GB adapter 
>> shows promise.
>>
> 
> How about the older adapters?  4GB and 8GB?  IIRC these are already supported in 
> the Itanium versions so will they just be ported and included?

I don't know that much about what adapters are offered on Gen 9 and newer 
ProLiants.  It's the same port device driver that deals with all of the Qlogic 
hardware, so we would certainly not remove support, given that the driver will 
be common code across IA64 and X86_64.

Having said that, if you cannot buy a Gen9 or newer ProLiant with a 2/4/8 Gb/sec
adapter, then we likely would not support it.  However, it's not my call.

Would it still work?  I'd expect so.

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                  -- Rob