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Q: Can older XServes use 2 Terabyte drives?

XServe model A1196

Part Number Z0DB0025N

Shipped 01/25/07

I purchased a 2 TB XServe drive: 2TB Xserve Hard Drive 2TB A1279 Early 2009 A1279 MB449LL/A CTO

When installed, the top light glows yellow then turns red. The blue light never flashes. The disk never mounts. Disk Utility doesn't see it. System profiler doesn't see it.

Was there a bus change or something that would prevent me from using the 2 TB drive on my XServe?

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jul 18, 2014 4:30 PM

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Q: Can older XServes use 2 Terabyte drives?

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  • by Jason L,

    Jason L Jason L Jul 20, 2014 8:49 AM in response to intandemdesign
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    Jul 20, 2014 8:49 AM in response to intandemdesign

    Hi intandemdesign,

     

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

     

    The articles below outline the configurable options and description of status lights indications. From the information in those articles, it looks that Xserve doesn't support the combination of drives your using and a red drive module light means there is a failure.

     

    Xserve (Late 2006) - Technical Specifications

    http://support.apple.com/kb/SP22

    Base Configuration Configurable Options

    Hot-plug storage

    		 Three drive bays with one 80GB 7200-rpm SATA drive installed Any combination of SATA or SAS Apple Drive Modules: up to 2.25TB using three 750GB 7200-rpm SATA drive modules; or up to 900GB using three 300GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive modules. 80GB 7200-rpm SATA and 73GB 15,000-rpm SAS drive modules also available

     

    Xserve: Status Light Overview

    http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27369

    Indicator Color Description

    Drive module

    (Upper LED)

    		 Red Urgent issue or failure; check the server monitor application for more information.

     

    I hope this helps.

    -Jason