Leopard SCSI not supported
by Post Office Video
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Nov 15, 2007 at 10:10:12 pm
I have been informed by Ciprico technical support that Leopard does not support SCSU U160. That means that people who have invested in ultra160 and Ultra320 SCSI storage from Huge, Medea etc. should not upgrade to Leopard if they want to continue using their storage arrays. I can say from personal experience that I can copy files from my Huge MediaVaults but cannot record to them or modify them with the Apple Disk Utility. I will write to Apple to re-enable this technology and I hope that others will as well. I know that SATA, Firewire and Fiberchannel still work under Leopard but I am not thrilled at using $12,000 of storage as door stops.
Re: Leopard SCSI not supported by walter biscardi on Nov 16, 2007 at 12:20:13 am
Apple has been saying for some time now that SCSI was being phased out on their machines. Apple themselves have not supported SCSI in about two years now I believe.
Does Ciprico offer you some sort of a trade in allowance or can you change out the controller card on your unit for a Fibre controller?
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.
Re: Leopard SCSI not supported by Post Office Video on Nov 16, 2007 at 12:29:58 am
[walter biscardi]"Does Ciprico offer you some sort of a trade in allowance or can you change out the controller card on your unit for a Fibre controller?"
Re: Leopard SCSI not supported by Post Office Video on Nov 16, 2007 at 6:24:14 pm
I installed the new driver from ATTO right after installing Leopard. Ciprico says that the issue is with Leopard but I will re-install their drive firmware just to be sure. This is a real pain as updating the drive firmware requires using a modem program and a usb to serial port converter. My Rorke fiberchannel array updates the some way. I wish drive array manufacturers would come up with a better way, such as the USB update that Blackmagic uses on their Multibridge products.
Re: Leopard SCSI not supported by JeremyG on Nov 16, 2007 at 6:33:34 pm
Yes, the firmware update from Huge/Ciprico products on Mac can be frustrating. It's best to use a PC, but not everyone has that option. The nice thing about their products is that once you get it to work, they have been rock solid (in my experience anyway).
Re: Leopard SCSI not supported by Jamil Touré on Aug 9, 2008 at 2:15:56 am
Wondering if there's any update to this situation with Ciprico MediaVault RAIDs and their failure to work with Leopard? Recently upgraded to Leopard without checking into thi first (doh!) and now my RAId is locked up. Can bring files off of it, but can't add any or delete any... Not good! Anyone have any experience with this that might be helpful? Is my only choice to go back to Tiger? Did you ultimately get any satisfaction Chris? TIA for any help guys.
