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I've got an Xserve early 2009 (Xserve3,1) that has its fans constantly blowing at maximum speed.
I'd like to run ASD of AXD to locate the problem. Using Disk Utility I made boot disks (CD-ROM, USB, ...) containing ASD 3X106 and AXD 3X104. But the Xserve doesn't recognize neither of them as boot disks. It's impossible to boot from these disks.
Does anyone have the proper procedure to run ASD or AXD on an Xserve?
David
Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.8), xserve3,1
I got AXD OS X Tools 106 to work on my Xserve.
You need to follow specialised instructions to install and use AXD on an Xserve. It's not as simple as just putting the disk image on an external disk and booting from it.
I managed to run AXD locally from an external hard disk. The NetBoot option that's covered in the manual didn't work for me. I tried 2 different NetBoot servers (10.6.8 and 10.7.2).
David
Make sure you are using 3X106 http://support.apple.com/kb/DL948 first.
I made this into a bootable image on my external hard drive. So all i have to do is plug the usb drive to the front of the xserve and boot to it.
Before you do any of this though I would try to reset the SMC. You can do that by shutting down the xserve and unpluging both power plugs for 1 min.
See if that makes a change first, If not go into server monitor and check your temps, maybe one of the sensors is bad and reporting that the machine is hot when its not.
Xserve early 2009 and Service Diagnostics
