Xserve G5 with Apple Supplied LSI Logic Ultra 320 SCSI Card

The Xserve G5 has been running 10.4.10 and 10.4.11. It also has the Apple supplied FibreChannel card installed.
I have tried installing this card into the Xserve and so far have been unable to get it to work, there are two symptoms...
1) The card is visible in System Profiler, no devices connected to it show. I've tried various combinations of termination, no change.
2) After a random period of time the Mac goes to 100% processor utilization on both processors and stays there. The Mac can then no longer be accessed remotely and stays that way. This occurs whether or not any cabling is connected.
This card is the one that Apple lists as a part for the Xserve G5 in GSX. However I've seen a few sites on the web stating that it doesn't really work and you should use a an ATTO ExpressPCI UL4D. Is this the case? Other sites have also said that the LSI card doesn't work with Retrospect, which is a concern to me as that is my objective.
Any hints would be much appreciated!
Peter

Hi Peter
I don't know about the others but all I've used from the G5 onwards is the range of cards supplied by ATTO. It seems clear from the symptoms you describe that it just does not work and may cause a major problem to your XServe if you persist in trying to use it.
You may as well take it out and get yourself a relevant ATTO card and never mind too much about what gsx says, it has been 'wrong' before in the past.
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