What model of Fibre Channel card the Xserve late 2006 comes with ?

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What model of Fibre Channel card the Xserve late 2006 comes with ?

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What model of Fiber Channel card the Xserve late 2006 comes with ?

I have a few Xserve late 2006 models with the OEM configs ( only I maxed them with RAM and packed with 750GB drives ). I like to take out one of the Fibre Channel cards from these Xserves and place it in a MacPro 1,1. The idea is connecting an XRaid ( loaded with 14 x 750GB drives ) to that MacPro through Fibre with maximum speed possible. I have seen some PCI-e fibre cards on eBay for $30. @ ( 2Gb/s) and some for $400. @ ( 4Gb/s ). If what I will pull out of my old Xserve is only worth $30. , i would prefer to buy it.

Mac Pro Quad 2.6, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Mac Classic II , PB 180C , ..., iMac G5

Posted on Feb 24, 2012 10:02 PM

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Camelot

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Feb 25, 2012 9:02 PM in response to Ai-Max

The short answer is that the fiber channel card is PCIe-based, so it will work in your MacPro.

If you're connecting to an XServe RAID, though, then you should be aware that the XServe RAID only supports 2Gb/s fiber channel, so installing a faster card (e.g. a 4Gb/s card) isn't going to offer any speed advantage.

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