Question : Problem: PCI-E not recognizing tape drive

Experts,

I have 2 Dell poweredge 2950's one has a PCI riser and the other has a PCI-E riser. I have bought an LSI PCI-E SCSI controller (Dell Part Number 341-7044) to run the external tape drive that is currently running on the Adaptec SCSI card on the PCI machine.

When I connect the tape drive to the PCI-E card machine and boot it. The controller says that there are no supported devices attached.

What does PCI-E support or not support for devices.

Thanks

Answer : Problem: PCI-E not recognizing tape drive

I really, REALLY doubt it has anything to do with the fact the card uses a PCI-bus. The fact that the speed of the card can be set to lower than 320 means that it IS designed to work with earlier SCSI devices. If the drives are recognised on the other machine, using the same cables & terminators, then I'm 99% sure it's a bad card. If it's new and you bought from a reputable dealer they should replace it.

Good luck, I'm off to bed...