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8. Controllers (SCSI)

It is important to pick a SCSI controller carefully. Many cheap ISA SCSI controllers are designed to drive CD-ROM's rather than anything else. Such low-end SCSI controllers are no better than IDE. See the SCSI HOWTO and look at performance figures before buying a SCSI card.

Please see the SCSI RAID controller section for information on SCSI controllers with hardware RAID support.

8.1. Supported

  • AMI Fast Disk ( VLB/EISA ) (BusLogic compatible)

  • Adaptec AVA-1502E ( ISA/VLB ) (AIC-6360) ( AHA1520 )

  • Adaptec AVA-1505/1515 ( ISA ) (Adaptec AHA-152x compatible)

  • Adaptec AVA-1825 ( VLB ) (Adaptec AHA-152x compatible)

    This card has a SCSI, EIDE and floppy port which all work nicely.

  • Adaptec AHA-1510/152x ( ISA/VLB ) (AIC-6260/6360)

  • Adaptec AHA-154x ( ISA ) (all models)

  • Adaptec AHA-174x ( EISA ) (in enhanced mode)

  • Adaptec AHA-274x/274xT ( EISA ) (AIC-7771). The 274xT is supported since kernel series 2.1.x ( AHA2740 )

  • Adaptec AHA-284x ( VLB ) (AIC-7770) ( AHA2740 )

  • Adaptec AHA-2910B ( PCI ) (since kernel series 2.1.x)

  • Adaptec AHA-2920 ( PCI ). Use the Future Domain driver. LILO parameters are needed when used for hard disks.

  • Adaptec AHA-2920C ( PCI )

  • Adaptec AHA-2930/U/U2 ( PCI )

  • Adaptec AHA-2940/U/UW/U2W/U2/U2B/U2BOEM ( PCI ) (AIC-7861, AIC-7871, AIC-7844, AIC-7881, AIC-7884). Some of these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x ( AHA2740 )

  • Adaptec AHA-2944D/WD/UD/UWD ( PCI ). Some of these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x ( AHA2740 )

  • Adaptec AHA-2950U2/U2B/U2W

  • Adaptec AHA-3940/U/W/UW/AUW/U2W ( PCI ) (AIC-7872, AIC-7882) (since 1.3.6). Some of these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x

  • Adaptec AHA-3950U2B/U2D

  • Adaptec AHA-3985U/W/UW ( PCI ) (AIC-7873, AIC-7883). Some of these are only supported since kernel series 2.1.x

  • Adaptec PCI controllers with AIC-7850, AIC-7855, AIC-7860

  • Adaptec on board controllers with AIC-777x ( EISA ), AIC-785x, AIC-786x, AIC-787x ( PCI ), AIC-788x ( PCI ), AIC-789x, AIC-3860. AIC-786x and AIC-789x are supported since kernel series 2.1.x

  • AdvanSys ABP510/5150 Bus-Master ( ISA )

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP5140 Bus-Master ( ISA ) PnP

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP5142 Bus-Master ( ISA ) PnP with floppy

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP920 Bus-Master ( PCI )

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP930/U Bus-Master ( PCI/Ultra> )

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP960/U Bus-Master ( PCI/ULTRA ) MAC/PC

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP542 Bus-Master ( ISA ) with floppy (single channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP742 Bus-Master ( EISA ) (single channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP842 Bus-Master ( VL ) (single channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP940/U Bus-Master ( PCI/Ultra ) (single channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP970/U Bus-Master ( PCI/Ultra ) MAC/PC (single channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP752 Dual Channel Bus-Master ( EISA ) (dual channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP852 Dual Channel Bus-Master ( VL ) (dual channel)

    (more info)

  • AdvanSys ABP950 Dual Channel Bus-Master ( PCI ) (dual channel)

    (more info)

  • Always IN2000

  • AMD AM53C974

  • BusLogic FlashPoint LT/DL/LW/DW (BT-930(R), BT-920, BT-932(R), BT-950(R), BT-952(R))

    (more info)

  • Compaq Smart Array 2

  • DPT PM2001, PM2012A (EATA-PIO)

  • DPT Smartcache/SmartRAID Plus,III,IV families ( ISA/EISA/PCI ) (EATA-DMA)

    Take a look at this page for more information. Cards in these families are PM2011, PM2021, PM2041, PM3021, PM2012B, PM2022, PM2122, PM2322, PM2042, PM3122, PM3222, PM3332, PM2024, PM2124, PM2044, PM2144, PM3224, PM3334

  • DTC 3180/3280

  • DTC 329x ( EISA ) (Adaptec 154x compatible)

  • Future Domain TMC-16x0, TMC-3260 ( PCI )

  • Future Domain TMC-8xx, TMC-950

  • Future Domain chips TMC-1800, TMC-18C50, TMC-18C30, TMC-36C70

  • ICP-Vortex PCI-SCSI Disk Array Controllers (many RAID levels supported) Patches for Linux 1.2.13 and 2.0.29 are available here . The controllers GDT6111RP, GDT6121RP, GDT6117RP, GDT6127RP, GDT6511RP, GDT6521RP, GDT6517RP, GDT6527RP, GDT6537RP and GDT6557RP are supported. You can also use pre-patch-2.0.31-4 to pre-patch-2.0.31-9.

  • ICP-Vortex EISA-SCSI Controllers (many RAID levels supported) Patches for Linux 1.2.13 and 2.0.29 are available here . The controllers GDT3000B, GDT3000A, GDT3010A, GDT3020A and GDT3050A are supported. You can also use pre-patch-2.0.31-4 to pre-patch-2.0.31-9.

  • Iomega PPA3 parallel port SCSI Host Bus Adapter embedded in ZIP drive

  • Initio Corp. INI-9090U INI-9100, INI-9100W/A/UW, INI-9200U/UW, INI-9400U/UW, INI-9520U/UW, INI-A100U2W

  • Initio Corp. INIC-950

  • Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 SCSI ( ISA )

  • Mylex (formerly BusLogic) W Series ( PCI ) (BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D)

  • Mylex (formerly BusLogic) C Series ( ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI ) (BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C, BT-540CF)

  • Mylex (formerly Buslogic) S Series ( ISA/EISA/VLB ) (BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A, BT-542B)

  • Mylex (formerly BusLogic) A Series ( ISA/EISA ) (BT-742A, BT-542B)

  • NCR 5380 generic cards

  • NCR 53C400 (Trantor T130B) (use generic NCR 5380 SCSI support)

  • NCR 53C406a (Acculogic ISApport / Media Vision Premium 3D SCSI)

  • NCR chips 53C7x0 (the 53C710 is only supported in PCI variant)

  • NCR chips 53C810(A), 53C815, 53C820, 53C825(A), 53C860, 53C875, 53C895 (53C895 supported 'on paper')

  • Qlogic / Control Concepts SCSI/IDE (FAS408) ( ISA/VLB )

  • Qlogic FASXXX/FASXX family of chips ( ISA/VLB )

  • QLogic IQ-PCI, IQ-PCI-10, IQ-PCI-D ( PCI ) (ISP1020 chip)

  • Quantum ISA-200S, ISA-250MG

  • Seagate ST-01/ST-02 ( ISA )

  • SIIG Ultrawide SCSI Pro (Initio chipset).

  • SoundBlaster 16 SCSI-2 (Adaptec 152x compatible) ( ISA )

  • Tekram DC-390, DC-390W/U/F

  • Trantor T128/T128F/T228 ( ISA )

  • UltraStor 14F ( ISA ), 24F ( EISA ), 34F ( VLB )

  • Western Digital WD7000 SCSI

8.2. Alpha, Beta drivers

8.3. Unsupported

  • Adaptec AHA 2940UW Pro

  • Adaptec AAA-13x RAID Adapters

  • Adaptec AAA-113x Raid Port Cards

  • Adaptec AIC-7810

  • NCR chip 53C710 ( ISA ) (old obsolete chip, but still used in some Compaq models)

  • Non Adaptec compatible DTC boards (327x, 328x)

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