I'm in the process of building myself a server, and the only thing I'm missing is a proper SCSI-controller. I've been looking at the HP Smart Array 6400 controller, but a friend of mine told me that HP controllers only work with HP hardware. Can someone confirm or deny this? The box in question is an old Fujitsu-Siemens dual itanium workstation.
I've never had a problem with SmartArray controllers in other hardware. PCI-X should be PCI-X no matter which way you look at it. No personal experience with the 6400 though.
Thanks for the answers! The thing is that EFI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface) is very picky about hardware, and I think it's easier to get the card running on a x86 than on a ia64
the HP controllers are usually rebadged LSI controllers with HP firmware. I know IBM likes to make their rebadged controllers incompatible with other hardware.
