Apple Xserve Diagnostics - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 2 Setup and Installation 13
When the Installer finishes installing Mac OS X Server, it restarts the computer and
Server Assistant opens.
6 Enter information in Server Assistant as requested. Don’t enable any services.
When you finish entering information in Server Assistant, Mac OS X Server loads.
7 Log in with the user name “root” and with the password of the user you created in
Server 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.
8 Insert the Mac OS X Server Administration Tools disc.
If you have a disc image of the Mac OS X Server Administration Tools disc, double-click
the .dmg file to mount the disc image.
9 Open the Finder and drag the AXD.app file from /AppleXserveDiagnostics on the
Mac OS X Server Administration Tools disc to your /Applications folder.
10 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.
11 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 root account, and click Login Items. Click Add (+), select
/Applications/AXD.app, and click Add.
CDs & DVDs In all pop-up menus, choose Ignore.
Dashboard & Exposé In all pop-up menus, choose “–.”
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.”
Software Update In the Update Software Pane, deselect “Check for updates.”