On 3/9/07 7:46 AM, "david" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Mike Wyant, Jr. wrote:
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>> On Mar 9, 2007, at 9:06 AM, <email@hidden>
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 16:19:08 -0600
>>> From: Kevin Windham <email@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: FW800 ports not working
>>> To: MacOSXServer List <email@hidden>
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>>> On Mar 8, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Marq Speck wrote:
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>>>
>>>> Greetings, listers.
>>>> Suddenly both FW800 ports on our G5 Dual 2.3 Xserve have gone dumb.
>>>> Nothing mounts on them, although everything mounts on the front
>>>> FW400 port.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think that the keylock will disable mounting of external drives.
>>> Try unlocking and then reconnecting, unless of course you've already
>>> tried that.
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>> If you have done that, I believe the next generic step would be a PMU reset.
>> Someone feel free to correct me on that - I don't work on X-Serve hardware
>> often.
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>
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 4:36 PM, Arulchandran P wrote:
>> It's very unlikely for both back ports to fail while the front port keeps
>> working, because the front port is connected to the rear PHY just like the
>> back ports.
>>
>> I would suggest a cold power-down - remove AC power (both AC power cords, if
>> the unit has a spare power supply :-)
>
>
> A pmu reset is another step that should not be done "just because" it's there,
> while it shouldn't cause any harm it's not quite as easy to accomplish on a G5
> Xserve. We have yet to hear back about whether the keylock was engaged, which
> will prevent any drives not already mounted from mounting. I'd try
> Arulchandran's step next, (disconnecting all FW devices as well).
The original query says the port on the front of the Xserve works. Doesn't
that rule out lock issues?
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