Disk Utilities not seeing 2 Tgig hd

I need some help, I am trying to install a 2 Tgig drive in a Apple Xserve1,1 with sys 10.6.8. The disk utilities does NOT show the drive to be formatted. I am using a Toshiba MK2002TSKB. What I am doing wrong?

Apple's ADMs are well known for being particular about which drives from which manufacturer works or not. If you search/browse this forum you will find threads listing which 2TB drives others have been successful in using. Here's one you may find useful?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/9358449#9358449
The thread mentions Enterprise class drives. If the drive you're trying to use is not enterprise ready (ie: you just pulled out of a any old workstation) then it may not work.

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