Thank you all. We had another team in our company that tried something similar to this with a LSI card and it did not work out. I think I hit a brick wall on this one. If I do make any progress I'll update. Thanks again and have a good day. 
Hello all. this is my first time posting. I am trying to figure out how to connect a IBM 3580-S53 tape storage to a PE1850 (PCI-X risers) via SAS connection. Is this even possible? if so, what's the card that I need to do this? If not, how is it possible?
PE1850 and IBM 3580-S53