Hello,

I'm trying to connect some older SCSI devices to new servers which only have PCI Express expansion slots. Unfortunately it seems that there are very few parallel SCSI HBA cards available for PCI Express systems. Most SCSI controller manufacturers are only selling PCI-X cards if you want parallel SCSI.


Has anyone else been in this situation? One product that we found is a board sold by HP (HP SC11Xe) based on a LSI Logic chipset. This is a PCI Express controller with a single U320 parallel SCSI channel. It is reasonably priced ($200); unfortunately, the documentation on HP's web site states that it will only work with tape devices. Is anyone familiar with this card who might know if this claim (that the card only works with tape drives) is true or false?

Otherwise, Adaptec does not seem to sell any parallel SCSI cards for PCI Express; there are a few expensive PCI Express RAID controllers out there with parallel SCSI but I don't need a hardware RAID controller. There is also an ATTO Technology PCI Express card with parallel SCSI; it sells for around $500.


Any ideas or suggestions?


Thanks a lot,

Chris Wing
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