Configuring the lights-out management processor, Local and remote software setup, Setting up more than one xserve – Apple Xserve (Early 2008) User Manual

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Chapter 2

Starting Up the Xserve

Configuring the Lights-Out Management Processor

When you use the Server Monitor application to start up, shut down, or monitor an
Xserve, you communicate with the lights-out management processor in the Xserve. The
lights-out management processor has its own administrator user name, password, and
network settings. There are several ways to change these settings:

Step through the networking panes of the Mac OS X Server setup assistant

In Server Monitor, choose Server > Configure Local Machine

Use the

ipmitool

command-line tool in Terminal

Local and Remote Software Setup

If you connect a display and keyboard to the Xserve, you can use them to finish the
server software setup process locally.

To set up the Xserve without a display or keyboard, you can use one of the following
methods to connect to the Xserve and set it up remotely.

Serial Number for Remote Setup

To use Server Assistant to set up the Xserve remotely, you need to know the first 8
characters of the Xserve hardware serial number.

To find the Xserve serial number:

Slide out the system information tag from the back panel by pulling the small tab.

Setting Up More than One Xserve

If you are setting up more than one or two Xserve systems, you should learn about
Mac OS X Server configuration methods that simplify the task of setting up multiple
servers. See the chapter about initial server setup in

Mac OS X Server: Server

Administration

at www.apple.com/server/documentation.

Setup method

Availability

For information, see this

Screen Sharing

Included with Mac OS X and
Mac OS X Server version 10.5 or
later

“Using Screen Sharing” on page 26

Server Assistant

Included with Mac OS X Server
version 10.5 or later

Mac OS X Server: Getting Started