Apple Xserve - Apple Xserve Diagnostics (Version 3X103) - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 2 Setup and Installation 13
When the Installer finishes installing Mac OS X Server, the computer restarts and the
Mac OS X Server setup assistant opens.
6 In the Server Configuration step of the setup assistant, select Advanced.
7 Continue through the setup assistant and enter information as requested. Don’t enable
any services.
When you finish entering information in the setup assistant, the login window appears.
8 Log in with the user name “root” and the password of the user you created in the setup
assistant.
You must set up and run AXD Mac OS X tools as root. Otherwise, you won’t be able to
test the Xserve you’ve installed AXD Mac OS X tools on.
9 Insert the Admin Tools and Xserve Diagnostics CD.
If you have a disc image of the Admin Tools and Xserve Diagnostics CD, double-click the
.dmg file to mount the disc image.
10 Open the Finder and drag the AXD.app file from /AppleXserveDiagnostics/ on the
Admin Tools and Xserve Diagnostics CD to your /Applications/ folder.
11 If you’re setting up a client Xserve, open the Finder, select your /Applications/ folder,
click the Gear button, and choose New Folder. Name the folder AXDClient.
Client Xserves are remotely controlled by host computers.
12 Open System Preferences (located in /Applications/). Change the following options in
System Preferences panes:
If you can’t change settings in System Preferences, click the lock button and
authenticate.
After installing the AXD Mac OS X tools, you must log in as root to run AXD tools to test
your own Xserve. If you don’t log in as root, AXD Mac OS X tools enters host mode and
waits for a connection to a client Xserve to control.
System Preferences pane Recommended configuration
Accounts Select the System Administrator account, and click Login Items.
Click Add (+), select /Applications/AXD.app, and click Add.
CDs & DVDs In all pop-up menus, choose Ignore.
Desktop & Screen Saver In the Screen Saver pane, drag the “Start screen saver” slider to
Never.
Energy Saver In the Sleep pane, drag both sliders to Never, and deselect “Put
hard disk(s) to sleep when possible.”
Exposé and Spaces In the Exposé pane, in all pop-up menus, choose “–.” In the Spaces
pane, deselect Enable Spaces.
Software Update In the Scheduled Check pane, deselect “Check for updates.”