Can't log into user accounts

Before the Christmas break, our Mac OS X Server was happy and running smoothly. Upon return, the individual clients cannot log on and the XRAIDs are acting strange (lights won't turn off on power down). I've since completely powered down and unplugged the 2 (of 4) RAID arrays that were acting up and they have all rebooted normally now--although I still se nothing in RAID Admin. On the client computers, however, we still can't log into our individual accounts--only the Admin account.
What gives?

Hi
Check the physical structure of your network, switches are switched on, cables connected etc. If you can’t communicate with the XServe RAID using RAID Admin is it possible someone has removed the network cables?
Hope this helps, Tony

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