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HBAs are host bus adapters. They are a type of special purpose network card specifically designed for talking to storage systems. Typically via Fiber Channel, SCSI or eSATA.

Host Bus Adapters are special purpose "network" devices for talking to storage systems. They use storage protocols (SCSI, Fiber Channel, etc.) to communicate with a SAN or set of disks.

They can be expansion boards installed in a server, or an on board option, much like 'conventional' network cards.

Because of the specific needs of storage they tend to be lower latency than you would get from a conventional ethernet network card.

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HBA mode - B140i vs P440ar

I have an HP DL360 g9 server running RHEL8.1 on a P440ar controller running in HBA mode whereby exposing my SSD's to do software RAID under mdadmin. If I get another server with another HP DL360 g9 server with a B140i controller, will I be able to…
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max out bandwidth of old 3Gb/s SAS JBOD

I just acquired a JBOD which was made in 2011, it has 60 2TB 7.2k SATA disks but using SATA-to-SAS adapters on each disk. There are two IO modules on the enclosure, each module offer 4 SFF-8088 ports, the speed of these SAS port is 3Gb/s. It was…
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Are there any ultra 320 scsi hba that have Windows Server 2016 compatible drivers?

We've been using Adaptec 29320LPE cards but the latest compatible OS is 2008. We have this card running in a 2016 box in-house and it works fine. The issue is we need to update a client and I'm hesitant to put in a card that is not supported for…
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How do I get rid of this SATARaid screen on boot?

I have a server with a SuperMicro X8SIL-V motherboard. Here's the manual. Every time it boots, it spends about three minutes at this screen: Sil 3124 SATARaid BIOS Version 6.3.18 Copyright (C) 1997-2006 Silicon Image, Inc. Press (Ctrl+S) or F4 to…
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Can SAS Expander's OUT port be used as IN?

Assuming there is only one HBA and no failover intended. The card is an HP 468405-001 or 487738-001 with 6x Mini-SAS OUT and 2x IN internal. Its 1x external connector is dubbed 'HPE Tape.' If I connected my HBA (which resides at a separate box)…
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Disabling JBOD mode from command line for LSI (Dell H330)

I'm unable to disable JBOD mode on H330 (dell): I've tried: megacli -AdpSetProp -EnableJBOD -0 -a0 Adapter 0: Failed to Set Adapter Properties. megacli -CfgClr -a0 Adapter 0: Failed to Clear Configuration. FW error description: The…
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RedHat 7.6\8.0 and LSI SAS 2008 controllers

Starting with versions 7.6 \ 8.0beta, RedHat has disabled support for SAS controllers on the LSI SAS 2008 chip. However, in Fedora 29 with the kernel 4.18, the controllers work. So, RedHat simply assembled the mpt3sas kernel module without the…
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Get firmware version for InfiniBand adapter from QLogic

How can I find the correct firmware version number for a QLogic InfiniBand adapter on a Debian server? ibstat displays an empty version number like so: Firmware version: Hardware version: 2 lspci -vvv is also silent on the issue like…
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SAS 3.0 cabling without a backplane - SFF-8680 vs SFF-8482

I would like to connect six HGST He10 SAS drives (model 0F27402) to a Lenovo M1215 HBA using direct cabling. I originally bought two SFF-8643 to 4*SATA breakout cables before seeing the drives as I naively thought the connector compatibility between…
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Can I Add HBA Card to A Workstation Or It Need to be Server?

I have "HP Z440 Workstation" and I want to connect SAN Storage to it. My Search Lead me To HBA cards as the answer, But I cant Confirm if its going to work or not. and what is the OS requirements, Would W7 or w10 Work or do I need Server OS. Note…
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Fiber channel HBA, backwards compatibility

I'm pretty new to using FC HBA's, but planning on expanding my server with a storrage array. I found a cheap older (but good enough for my use case) LSI Engenio 1932. It has dual 4Gbs FC connection. I already got an unused LPE12002 HBA laying around…
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Can a drive connected to a P410 SmartArray in a single drive "RAID 0" be read on a normal HBA?

I've got an older machine (HP DL180 G6) using an HP SmartArray controller (model P410) with 12 drives connected to it. I was not all that interested in the controller's functions, as I wanted to set up a ZFS array, but I found out too late the…
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Disk transfer rate random behaviour

Okay so I am facing a strange situation with a server build I've completed. Prior to getting a Tyan S7012, sticking it in a case with some RAM, I didn't notice any strange disk behaviour. But now, delving into the world of host bus adapters and all…
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HP DL180G6 - Getting a SATA HBA that works with the backplane

I've got the above mentioned server in a particularly strange configuration right now. This is the 12x3.5" drive configuration model of the 180. From the backplane, the drives go into an HP Smart Array controller. Problem: I'm not interested in the…
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No disks visible behind SAS Expander

I'm trying to hook up an Infortrend SAS shelf and I have a big issues to get the disks visible. The shelf is connected via a LSI Logic SAS1068E B3 HBA with current IT firmware, and 2 SAS cables. The card is recognized by kernel and until this point…
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