[geeks] Suprise - ext. USB HD "Just Worked" under Solaris 10

[velociraptor]

On 11/6/06, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
> Mon, 06 Nov 2006 @ 09:28 -0600, Bill Bradford said:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 08:52:11AM -0500, velociraptor wrote:
> > > I hadn't realized that the SB1Ks were FCAL.  Do you know if that is
> > > the default, or an optional configuration?
> >
> > That's default (and the only available config for internal drives) on the
> > Sb1K and Sb2K.  You can add SCSI, but its going to be external.
>
> Can you get SAS for the external SCSI?
>
> Does anyone know if external SAS can run external SATA drives, or is
> eSATA too different?

AFAIK, eSATA is simply a different connector with locking tabs.  My
eSATA header plate that came with my external SATA drive enclosure
connected directly to the SATA controller with the "normal" SATA "L"
type connector.  There's no bridge board on the header plate.

=Nadine=