Q: Problem with XServe and XServe RAID via Fibre Channel
Hello everybody,
I have a problem with my revived Xserve RAID.
I see it in RAID-Admin and configure it successfully (via Ethernet). Connect it with our Xserve via Fibre Channel, but the XServe and XServe RAID don't detect each other.
The Fibre Channel LEDs on the Xserve are permanent white and on the Xserve RAID completely off.
RAID-Admin status of Fibre Channel: "No connection (1 Array)" with a red square.
If I try to open the Fibre Channel Utility I get the message: "Fibre Channel card cannot be found". OS X Disk Utility don't find it, too.
I changed cable, the card-slot and made many reboots. But every time the same: They don't detect each other.
Xserve (2009):
- 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500
- Apple dual-channel 4 Gb Fibre Channel card (LSI7204EP)
XServe RAID:
- RAID 5 in one array (only left side with 5x 500GB)
- Firmware 1.5.1
- Apple 4 Gb SFP-SFP cable
Thanks for your support and sorry for my bad English!
Xserve, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), + XServe RAID
Posted on May 31, 2016 7:59 AM
Hi MPM,
it's likely the card is faulty.. You could try it in the other slot of the xserve but I have had faulty LSI cards stop an Xserve booting.
That said you can pick the cards up cheaply on ebay so all is not lost.. I take it you're in Germany?
there's one listed in the Netherlands
Thanks
Beatle
Posted on Jun 3, 2016 6:56 AM