BlackF1re83

Q: Apple Fibre Channel compatibility with 10.11

Good Evening

 

Just a quick question regarding the good old Apple Fibre Channel card.

 

Is this card with code LSI7204EP compatible with Mac OS 10.11 El Capitan?


Thank you very much for your time


Zanon Gabriele

OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Xsan on OS X Server 4.0.3

Posted on Jan 24, 2016 1:21 PM

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  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Jan 24, 2016 1:26 PM in response to BlackF1re83
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    Jan 24, 2016 1:26 PM in response to BlackF1re83

    Your question about El Capitan is not answered specifically here Fibre Channel hardware compatibility guide - Apple Support but no other OS is mentioned either. Are you having specific issues?

  • by BlackF1re83,

    BlackF1re83 BlackF1re83 Jan 24, 2016 1:32 PM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    Jan 24, 2016 1:32 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

    Hi. Thank you for the quick reply.

    Yes, i've read that article, and there's no mention of any OS.

    Until today i've deployed with success these cards until Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.5 using just the driver embedded in the OS, and now, with El Capitan 10.11, i would like to understand if it's still like that because i'm about to update my Xsan systems to 10.11 in the next few months, and i have many workstations with this card equipped.

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Jan 24, 2016 1:37 PM in response to BlackF1re83
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    Jan 24, 2016 1:37 PM in response to BlackF1re83

    If no one comes by who has specific experience with this card and El Capitan you might try setting up a test workstation and giving it a try prior to upgrading all the workstations..

  • by Leopardus,

    Leopardus Leopardus Jan 24, 2016 2:02 PM in response to BlackF1re83
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    Jan 24, 2016 2:02 PM in response to BlackF1re83

    Until today i've deployed with success these cards until Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.5 using just the driver embedded in the OS, and now, with El Capitan 10.11, i would like to understand if it's still like that because i'm about to update my Xsan systems to 10.11 in the next few months, and i have many workstations with this card equipped.

    If it has worked in Yosemite up until your update 10.10.5, then you should have no problems under El Capitan. I have not seen anything about support being dropped for X serve or it's peripherals, on the contrary, I have read about successful upgrades.

     

    Leo