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"Apple Intel Xserve Boot Modes"

virtual — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:56:49 +0000

Mac servers are seeing more and more adoption in the enterprise, and demand for support is therefore increasing.
The following howto will describe the different headless boot modes that are achievable on an Intel Xserve using a combination of the power button and the system identifier button (the exclamation point inside the triangle).

1. In order to enter the headless command mode, hold the identifier button while you power the Xserve on.

2. Keep pressing the identifier until you see the top row of blue lights on the Xserve blinking.

3. Stop pressing the identifier button. You'll notice that the right-most blue LED on the bottom row is lit up - this indicates that the system will start from the system disk.

4. At this point you can press the system identifier button in order to cycle through the boot options. They are as follows (right to left)
- System Disk
- Network Boot
- Start from leftmost drive
- Boot next disk (other than startup disk)
- Target Boot Mode
- Reset PMU

5. Release the button once again and the system will boot into your desired mode.

"Intel Xserve Gets RAID5"

virtual — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:01:49 +0000

Finally, Apple has added the option to allow Xserve owners access to a proper redundant drive array.
According to MacNN, the recently announced Intel Mac Server RAID 5 add-in chip will only cost $999 USD.
Until now, Intel Xserves ran mirrored and striped drives (RAID1, RAID0 respectively), or relied on expensive Xserve RAID arrays to allow for proper redundancy.

"Apple Intel-Based Xeon XServe Taken Apart"

virtual — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:05:34 +0000

It looks like Apple is finally shipping Intel-based Xeon Xserves, and I will get to have my hands in one soon.
PowerMax has some great take apart pics so you can get your Mac on.
Same pretty outside chasis as before: pretty buttons on the front with hex key lock, but it now has a mini-DVI connector for video, similar to video out on some iMacs and Apple Mac laptops.
Internally, you get a beast of a server.

"Review: VMware Fusion Beta for Mac"

virtual — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:32:36 +0000

Bob Roudebush rings in with a great review of VMware's new product - VMware Fusion - for Apple Intel Macs. It's good to see two cores showing up in Windows XP, but it will be important to see how Vista and Longhorn tests go - I can't wait to get my acceptance email.