Requirements

Before you can run Server Diagnostics, you must meet general, storage device, and local and remote requirements.

General Requirements

To run Server Diagnostics, you need the following:

ÂÂ A Mac Pro with Mac OS X Server v10.6 or later installed

ÂÂ The Mac OS X Server Install DVD and Admin Tools disc included with the Mac Pro (both discs should be version 10.6 or later)

Storage Device Requirements

Depending on whether you want to run Server Diagnostics EFI, Server Diagnostics Mac OS X, or both, you need empty volumes on the server or on a portable storage device.

To run Server Diagnostics Mac OS X, the storage device must use the GUID Partition Table partition scheme. If you’re running only Server Diagnostics EFI on the storage device, you don’t need to use the GUID Partition Table partition scheme.

You can run both versions of Server Diagnostics by having two empty volumes on the same server or portable storage device. You need at least one of the following:

In order to

You need

Run Server Diagnostics EFI

A volume on the server that has at least 100 MB

 

of available space, but doesn’t have Mac OS X or

 

Mac OS X Server installed

 

 

Run Server Diagnostics Mac OS X

An empty volume on the server with at least

 

10 GB of available space, which will be used for

 

a dedicated Mac OS X Server installation

Test multiple servers and run Server Diagnostics EFI

A USB 2.0 flash drive, or USB 2.0 or FireWire hard drive with a volume that has at least 100 MB of available space but doesn’t have Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server installed

Test multiple servers and run Server Diagnostics Mac OS X

A USB 2.0 or FireWire hard drive that has an empty volume with at least 10 GB of available space

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