Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X Card
A Fibre Channel host bus adapter is a 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X add-in card required (also supports 33, 66, and 100MHz speeds) to connect Xserve RAID to your host server or computer. Select this user installable kit to add to Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, or Power Mac G4 for connection to Xserve RAID.
A Fibre Channel PCI-X card is required to connect Xserve RAID to Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, or Power Mac G4. A user installable kit is available and contains a Dual Channel 2Gb Fibre Channel PCI-X Host Bus Adapter plus two 2.9-meter Copper Fibre Channel SFP to SFP (small form factor pluggable) interconnect cables. The Fibre Channel PCI-X card is then installed in your computer and the cables are used to connect to the SFP port on Xserve RAID with SFP connectors. The Fibre Channel PCI-X card supports 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X as well as 33, 66, and 100MHz speeds.
SFP connectors on the card allow use of copper or optical cabling and provide the capability of directly connecting to Xserve RAID or Fibre Channel switches over long distances up to 500m.
The Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X card offers leading performance and compatibility with Mac OS X and Xserve RAID.
NOTE:
Installation of Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X in Power Mac G5 or Power Mac G4 reclassifies these systems as FCC Class A devices.
Optical connection requires SFP transceivers and optical cables.
Customers who buy this particular kit and intend to connect to Xserve RAID products with HSSDC2 connection must purchase a separate HSSDC2 to SFP cable kit (part number M9360G/A).
System Requirements:
Software: The Apple Fibre Channel PCI-X card requires Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server v10.3.9, v10.2.4 or later with the Fibre Channel driver update provided on the included CD.
Hardware: Xserve G5, Xserve, Power Mac G5, or Power Mac G4, with 800MHz or higher PowerPC G4 or G5 processor(s).
