Subject: Re: fiber channel recommendations?
To: George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/10/2007 10:38:20
On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:27 AM, George Georgalis wrote:

> I may need to select and deploy a fiber channel interface very
> quickly.
>
> Reliability, NetBSD compatibility (ongoing) and the usual apply.
> Price is not too important but it should be reasonable, eg I'm
> expecting 200 - $550.

That's pretty cheap for a FC interface card.  Luckily, you have an  
option in that price range -- the Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X card ($499):

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/6544001/wo/fJ1BHZyWHpaq2RGbGQT0MxYgP6V/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3

The cards are compatible with LSI MPT-Fusion, so they should work with  
NetBSD.

-- thorpej