macOS & OS X

Guide to Flashing 2009 Xserve XS3,1 with 2010 Mac Pro MP5,1 Firmware: Xserve 3,1 Westmere Support

The 2009 Apple Xserve, also known as the Xserve 3,1 (XS3,1), never supported the Intel Westmere Xeon family. However, the 2010 Mac Pro, Mac Pro 5,1 (MP5,1), did. Since their logic boards are similar, you can flash your XS3,1 with the MP5,1 firmware. This will enable you to use 6-core Westmere Xeons and after the …

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Nakivo+ESXi Flash Boot and Backup Restore with MacOS 12 Monterey

TL;DR: The issue is likely that the EFI for VMWare isn’t finding the Boot.EFI file. You just need to tell it where it is. Scroll to bottom of article for instructions. I have an old Xserve with ESXi 6.5 on it that I got Monterey running on, however when I used Nakivo to make backups …

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