Apple Xserve User Manual

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 4
 How to Discover Xserve on Your Network
How to Discover Xserve on 
Your Network
Follow the steps outlined below to remotely administer Xserve.
Note: This procedure veriÞes basic connectivity to Xserve, which can help isolate 
hardware versus software issues. 
Preliminary Steps
Make sure that you are doing these steps on an Admin computer with Mac OS X 10.1.5 
Server or Mac OS X 10.1.5 remote admin utilities. You must be logged in to that computer 
with an Admin...

5 - Xserve Verification of Basic Services
 How to Discover Xserve on Your Network Note: To continue, the Þrst 8 characters of the Xserve serial number are required to 
authenticate. The password is case-sensitive. If you encounter difÞculty using this 
password please see technical document 61644: Xserve: Initial Password Is Case 
Sensitive. 
Option C 
As an alternative to using Server Assistant, the following procedure may be performed 
using the Terminal application.
1. Open the Terminal application on...

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 6
 How to Check for Local Hard Drive Issues
How to Check for Local Hard 
Drive Issues
Follow the steps outlined below if you suspect issues with Xserves hard disk, and you 
have physical access to the server.
Preliminary Steps
In order to follow these steps, you must have physical access to Xserve. You cannot 
perform this procedure remotely. A keyboard and monitor must be connected to the server 
before you begin. If you wish to check the startup disk (or volume),...

7 - Xserve Verification of Basic Services
 How to Remotely Check for Hard Drive Issues
How to Remotely Check for 
Hard Drive Issues
Follow the steps outlined below if you suspect issues with Xserves hard disk, and you do 
not have physical access to the server.
Preliminary Steps
You must have the servers IP address and Admin (or root) password before performing 
this procedure. Xserves default password is the Þrst 8 characters of its serial number.
Procedure
1.  Log in to Xserve.
2.  Type: mount
3. Press...

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 8
 How to Erase (Reformat) a Local Xserve Hard Drive
How to Erase (Reformat) a Local 
Xserve Hard Drive
Follow the steps outlined below if you wish to reformat Xserves hard disk and you have 
physical access to the server.
Preliminary Steps
In order to follow these steps, you must have physical access to Xserve. You cannot 
perform this procedure remotely. A keyboard and monitor must be connected to the server 
before you begin.
Procedure
1. Start up Xserve from...

9 - Xserve Verification of Basic Services
 How to Remotely Erase (Reformat) a Hard Drive
How to Remotely Erase 
(Reformat) a Hard Drive
Follow the steps outlined below if you wish to reformat Xserves hard disk, and you do not 
have physical access to the server.
Preliminary Steps
You must have the servers IP address and Admin (or root) password before performing 
this procedure. Xserves default password is the Þrst 8 characters of its serial number.
Procedure
1. Log in to Xserve.
2. Type: mount
3. Press...

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 10
 How to Verify Xserve Is Accepting Connections
How to Verify Xserve Is 
Accepting Connections
There are several methods for determining if Xserve has successfully started up and is 
providing basic services. Using a terminal connection to accomplish this task provides the 
most ßexibility. 
Note: You will not be able to perform this procedure if the Xserve is not fully started up. 
Preliminary Steps
You must have the IP address and an Admin (or root) password of...

11 - Xserve Verification of Basic Services
 How to Connect Using Server Monitor
How to Connect Using Server 
Monitor
Follow the steps outlined below any time you need to verify that you can remotely 
administer Xserve. 
Prelimary Steps
You must have the IP address and an Admin (or root) password of the Xserve you wish to 
start up before performing this procedure.
Note: Xserves default password is the Þrst 8 characters of its serial number. 
Procedure
1. From the Admin computer, open Server Monitor...

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 12
 How to Start up the Server Using an External Drive
How to Start up the Server Using 
an External Drive
Starting up Xserve from an external drive is useful when you need to run diagnostics or 
isolate internal CD-ROM drive issues.
Preliminary Steps
In order to start up the server from an external drive, you must have:
¥ another FireWire drive or system, such as an external FireWire hard drive, or a 
Macintosh computer that is capable of starting up using Target...

13 - Xserve Verification of Basic Services
 How to Start up the Server Using an External Drive 3. Type: bless -folder /Volumes/