Apple Server Diagnostics - Manual (Page 15)

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c On the server, open a Finder window and select Remote Disc (under Devices on
the left). Select the computer with the disc inserted. If the disc isn’t listed, click “Ask
to use.” On the computer with the disc inserted, click Accept when a dialog appears
asking if you want to give permission for your server to use your DVD drive.
After doing this, you can use the disc as if it’s inserted in the server.
2 On the server, open AppleServerDiagnosticsEFI.pkg (located in /Diagnostics/ on the
disc).
3 Follow the onscreen instructions, and at the Select Destination step, choose a volume
that has at least 30 MB of space available and doesn’t have Mac OS X Server installed.
4 If you’re asked to authenticate, authenticate as a user with administrator privileges.
5 If you want to connect a host computer directly to the server and the host computer
doesn’t provide DHCP service on the port used to directly connect to the server, do
the following:
a Open TextEdit (located in /Applications/).
b In a new file, enter an IP address that’s not in use by the host computer. For example,
enter:
123.123.123.123
If TextEdit doesn’t open with a new blank file, choose File > New.
c Choose Format > Make Plain Text.
d Choose File > Save As.
e Name the file axd_set_ip_address, and then change the location of the file to the
volume with Server Diagnostics EFI installed.
f Select “If no extension is provided, use ‘.txt’,” and then click Save.
Restoring Server Diagnostics EFI
Server Diagnostics EFI is preinstalled on the startup volume of servers with Mac OS X
Server (version 10.6 or later) installed. If you erase the startup volume, you’ll erase
Server Diagnostics EFI. If you install Server Diagnostics EFI instead of restoring it, you
won’t be able to start up Server Diagnostics EFI by holding down the D key at startup.
To restore Server Diagnostics EFI:
1 If the server has an optical drive, insert the Admin Tools disc. If it doesn’t have an optical
drive, do the following:
a Insert the Admin Tools disc in a computer with an optical drive.
The computer must be on the same subnet as the server.