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84 Chapter 6 Installing Server Software
2 Start the target computer from the first install disc. The procedure you use depends on
the target server hardware.
If the target server has a keyboard and an optical drive, insert the first install disc into
the optical drive. Then hold down the C key on the keyboard while restarting the
computer.
If the target server is an Xserve with a built-in optical drive, start the server using the
first install disc by following the instructions in the “Xserve User’s Guide” for starting
from a system disc.
If the target server is an Xserve with no built-in optical drive, you can start it in target
disk mode and insert the install disc into the optical drive on your administrator
computer. You can also use an external FireWire optical drive or an optical drive from
another Xserve system to start the server from the install disc. Instructions for using
target disk mode and external optical drives are in the “Quick Start” guide or “Xserve
User’s Guide” that came with your Xserve system.
3 On an administrator computer, navigate to /Applications/Server/ and open Server
Assistant. Select “Install software on a remote server.”
4 Identify the target server.
If it’s on the local subnet, select it in the list.
Otherwise, click “Server at IP Address” and enter an IP address in IPv4 format
(000.000.000.000).
5 When prompted for a password, type the first 8 digits of the server’s built-in hardware
serial number. To find a server’s serial number, look for a label on the server.
If you are installing on an older computer that has no built-in hardware serial number,
use 12345678 for the password.
6 Proceed by following the onscreen instructions.
7 When the Select a Destination pane appears, select a target disk or volume (partition)
and make sure it’s in the expected state. Then select it and click Continue.
If the volume you selected contains Mac OS X Server version10.1 or 10.2 and you want
to upgrade, click Options and select “Don’t erase.” Otherwise, you can select “Erase and
format” to format the disk in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Click OK.
During installation, progress information is displayed. Insert the next installation disc
when prompted.
While installation proceeds, you can open another Server Assistant window to install
server software on another computer; choose File > New Window to do so.
After installation is complete, the server restarts automatically and you can perform
initial server setup. Chapter 7, “Initial Server Setup,” on page 89 describes how.
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