Xserve RAID will not mount to my Mac Pro

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Xserve RAID will not mount to my Mac Pro

We just moved the Xserve Raid to another Mac Pro with 2x3 GHz Quad-Core and 16 GB of Ram. I installed the Xserve card, plugged the cables into the tower and into the Xserve, powered it on, installed the updated Raid Admin, but it wont mount. I checked disk utility and I dont see it there either. The lights on each drive are an amber color so I know something is not right. I wanted to find out what step am I missing, if I am missing some software, if pulling the drives out before moving it caused a problem, or any other suggestions. Any help would be greatly appreciative. Thanks!

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 31, 2011 1:38 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 31, 2011 5:09 PM in response to JefferyCC

When you say "pulling the drives out before moving it" did you take absolute care to make sure that the drives went back into the exact slots they came out of when you replaced them? I mean really, really sure?

=Tod

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Oct 31, 2011 6:18 PM in response to Tod Kuykendall

Unfortunately no because someone else moved the drives. I'm not worried about whats on the drives, so is there a way to reformat it or start fresh?

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Nov 1, 2011 8:58 AM in response to JefferyCC

If you're not worried about the contents of the drives that a good start because I don't think that's recoverable. What does RAID Admin say about all the other components? Are the controllers green? Technically the yellow lights on the drive are supposed to signal drive issues but I don't know why all the drives would suddenly be an issue without a deeper issue.

Fire up RAID Admin and see what's going on - you're going to need it to delete and try and recreate RAIDs anyway.

Good luck,

=Tod

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Nov 1, 2011 2:04 PM in response to Tod Kuykendall

The RAID Admin wont recognize the drive at all. The controllers are green though. When I saw that RAID Admin was not recognizing it, I figured I am missing some software or there is something else wrong.

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Nov 1, 2011 5:14 PM in response to JefferyCC

Hi

It's kind of obvious but have you connected the XServe RAID to the network yet? RAID Admin won't 'see' anything until you do this.

HTH?

Tony

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