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Getting Help Along the Way
If you need help—or simply want more
information—you can always click
the
icon on any screen. This brings
up a Help window, which you can keep
at the side of the Server Assistant window
or Server Preferences pane. As you move
through installation and setup, you’ll see
the Help information change to support
you—wherever you are in the process.
Setting Up Mac OS X Server
At restart, your system will boot from the destination hard drive, eject the Install Disc,
and launch Server Assistant—which steps you through all the information needed
to congure your server.
Following are all the dialog boxes you will encounter during the conguration process:
• Welcome. Click Continue.
• Server Conguration. Mac OS X Server gives you a choice of three congurations:
Standard, Workgroup, and Advanced. For this type of installation, select Standard and
click Continue.
• Keyboard. Conrm that Mac OS X Server has recognized the keyboard you are using
and click Continue.
• Serial Number. Enter the serial number that’s on the card included with your Mac OS X
Server discs. Click Continue.
• Registration Information. Fill in your name and contact information. This will register
your copy of Mac OS X Server with Apple. Click Continue.
• A Few More Questions. Please provide additional information about how you expect
to use Mac OS X Server. Click Continue.
• Administrator Account. Create a name, short name, and password for your
administrator account. For security reasons, you should not use this account as your
user account on the server. Click Continue.
• TCP/IP Connection. This screen allows you to enter the IP address and TCP/IP
information provided to you by your ISP or network administrator. For this installation,
you should select “Yes, use the information supplied” at the Network Address page.
Click Continue.
• Network Names. For your Primary DNS Name, Mac OS X Server can detect your
computer’s IP address from information provided by your Ethernet connection. If it is
not correct, contact your ISP before nishing conguration. If Mac OS X Server does not
detect an IP address, you can enter your own name, such as myserver.private. You also
need to enter a more colloquial name for your server—something like My Mac OS X
Server. This is how users will see the server on the network. Click Continue.