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.

•Connect. Run the Server Assistant application from the /Applications/Server folder. Select “Set up a remote server” and click Continue. In the Destination window, click the

icon, then enter the IP address provided by your hosting service and the first eight characters (case-sensitive!) of your Xserve’s serial number in the spaces provided. Click

Continue.

•Welcome. Click Continue.

Following are all the dialog boxes you will encounter during the configuration process:

•Server Configuration. Mac OS X Server gives you a choice of three configurations:

Standard, Workgroup, and Advanced. For this type of installation, select Standard and click Continue.

•Keyboard. Confirm 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.