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Apple Xserve - Apple Xserve User Manual

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Open System Preferences (located in /Applications/). Change the following options in

System Preferences panes.

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.”

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.

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Chapter 2

Setup and Installation