I have a Mac Pro Raid Card fitted, can I add the Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre PCI-Express card as well ?

AppleMacPro Server One 2.80GHz Quad-Core/8GB/4x2TB fitted with Apple Mac Pro Raid Card, I want to connect to a Promise VTrak E-Class 8x SATA RAID Subsystem (TV272ZM). I assume I need a Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (MB842G/A). Is there a free slot in the machine to allow me to have both cards fitted at the same time.

• Asked by Dave B from Didcot
• May 3, 2011
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My HP SAN refers its compatibility to with Celerity model fibre cards - what are Apples?

My HP SAN refers its compatibility to with Celerity model fibre cards - what are Apples model of their fibre cards?

HP does not refere to the Apple provided specs:
Apple Quad-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel Card (MB843G/A)
Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel Card (MB842G/A)

• Asked by Terry J
• Mar 23, 2010
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can i use a fibre channel pci card in a macbook pro?

• Asked by Simon M from London
• Jun 29, 2010
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Can I use a G5 tower as a file server and connect it simultaneously to a Mac Pro (via Fibre Channel) and to an Ethernet network?

I have several G5 towers that I'd like to repurpose. I'm wondering if I can install a Fibre Channel card in one, and a Fibre Channel card in my Intel Mac Pro, and connect the two. The idea is to have block-level access (as if the G5 and all the drives attached to it were directly connected to the Mac Pro), and have access via Ethernet for other computers on the network.

We are doing video editing with Final Cut Studio, and several computers need access to the same files. However, two (an iMac and a Mac Book) only have Ethernet or FW800 connections.

Are we barking up the wrong tree? Would 10G Ethernet or iSCSI be a better solution? I was thinking Fibre Channel because there's more history with it.

Also, I have an older Xserve G4, so I could utilize the XServe OS license from it on the G5.

• Asked by Bruce H from Buford
• Oct 4, 2010
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Can the Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Cards from the PowerMac G5's be used on the Mac Pros and vice versa?

The new cards seems to look like the older Powermac G5 cards. Are the old and new interchangeable from PowerMac to Mac Pro and vice versa?"

• Asked by Stacey B from Montreal
• Nov 8, 2009
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which pci slot is best for fibre channel card in a mac pro 5.1?

• Asked by Ivan E from Mexico
• Oct 5, 2012
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Can anyone recommend brands and/or manufacturers of optical transceivers that they have used with the Apple Fiber Channel cards?

I do not see in the Apple documentation any qualified transceivers for using a fiber switch.

• Asked by Brad G from Santa Clara
• May 18, 2010
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Can someone please tell me what is the benefits of using just one of the 4gb plugs instead of both? right now at my job everyone is using just one?

everyone at my job has mac pros with the fiber cards installed in them but everyone is only using one of the two fiber plugs on the card? is there a benefit to using both of the plugs? just please explain it to me if it would be worth it to have both fiber plugs in use or if one will do it? i work for television network and we transfer a lot of data back and fourth mostly graphics videos and audio?

• Asked by Eric S from Baton Rouge
• May 11, 2010
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Can this Card be configured to work as a Network Interface let's say with a FibreChannel Switch?

• Asked by Ludwig W
• Dec 10, 2009
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what card is used to insert into the ExpressCard 34 slot on the 17" Macbook Pro?

a card, or a card reader, or an adapter of some kind?

• Asked by Gary A from Kettering
• Apr 1, 2011
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