Sanlink F1002

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Paul Haring posted this 10 October 2017

Is the older Promise Sanlink F1002 fibre channel to Thunderbolt adapter compatible with the later Mac operating systems such as OS 10.11-13? Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Hariprasad Velmurugan posted this 10 October 2017

Hi Paul,

 

Yes Promise Sanlink2 fibre channel adapter is compatible with the Mac operating system OS 10.11.13 and later

 

Regards

Hari

Paul Haring posted this 11 October 2017

Thanks for your reply, Hariprasad. The F1002 is a 4Gb fibre channel unit, not the current unit. Is this still compatible with the later Mac operating systems?

P B posted this 12 October 2017

Thanks for your reply, Hariprasad. The F1002 is a 4Gb fibre channel unit, not the current unit. Is this still compatible with the later Mac operating systems?

1. Yes, it's compatible. SANLink1(F1002) (LSI Logic drivers) are built into OS X and developed/compiled by Apple.  
2. The only drivers/kernel extensions developed/compiled by Promise are SANLink2/3 which do need to be installed.

Paul Haring posted this 13 October 2017

Thanks a lot, PB. Very helpful. One final question- does the F1002 have a universal, 120-240 volt power supply or are different power supplies used in different parts of the world?

Richard Oettinger posted this 13 October 2017

Looking at the label on the PS module, it says "100-240V, 50-60Hz", so it is indeed universal.

You would just need to get the appropriate plug adapter to use it in different regions.

Paul Haring posted this 16 October 2017

Thanks so much, Richard.

Aidra Frame posted this 22 hours ago

Is the SANLink F1002 compatible with M6 macs?

R P posted this 5 hours ago

Hi Aidra,

I just tested tested this and to my surprise, it works. No drivers were added.

I tested a silver SANlink1 (4Gb FC) with an M1 Mac Mini (TB3 ports) running Golden Gate and conected it to a VTrak E5800. I could see the FC LUNs, I put HFS+ on one of them and wrote some files, no problem.

You will need the Apple TB3 to TB2 adapter and a TB2 cable. And of course, (1) or (2) 4Gb SFPs.

As a second check I connected it to an M4 Mac Mini Pro with TB5 ports and that also seems to work.

So it should also work on an M6 Mac.

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