Command-Line Tools

If you’re an administrator who prefers to work in a command-line environment, you can do so with Mac OS X Server.

From the Terminal application in Mac OS X, you can use the built-in UNIX shells (sh, csh, tsh, zsh, bash) to use tools for installing and setting up server software and for configuring and monitoring services. You can also submit commands from a non- Mac OS X computer.

Mac OS X Server has a command-line version of Server Admin called serveradmin that you use to administer the services that Server Admin manages. It is run on the server to be administered over a remote connection.

When managing remote servers, you conduct secure administration by working in a Secure Shell (SSH) session.

Server Status Widget

The Server Status widget lets you monitor Mac OS X Server v10.6 activity from any computer with Mac OS X v10.6 or Mac OS X Server v10.6. Server Status shows you graphs of processor activity, network load, and disk usage.

For information about using the Server Status widget, see Getting Started or Server Preferences Help.

RAID Admin

RAID Admin is a tool to administer and monitor Xserve RAID devices. You use RAID Admin to set up Xserve RAID hardware, including:

ÂÂ Creating, deleting, and expanding RAID arrays ÂÂ Monitoring the status of Xserve RAID systems

ÂÂ Adjusting settings, including system name and password, network address for each RAID controller, fibre channel communication speed, drive cache, and controller cache

ÂÂ Setting up email notification for system alerts

ÂÂ Implementing advanced features, such as dividing arrays into slices and updating the firmware of an Xserve RAID system.

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