User`s guide

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 2

How to Start Up From CD

Starting up Xserve from a CD-ROM disc is useful when you need to:

• install the server's operating system

• install a software component

• isolate hardware versus software issues

Preliminary Steps

To start up the server from a CD, you must have physical access to it. You cannot do this

remotely. If you need to start up Xserve using a connected keyboard, you must connect

both a keyboard and monitor before beginning.

Procedure

1. Make sure Xserve is turned off.

2. Turn on Xserve. Quickly eject the CD tray. Insert the Installation CD, and close the CD

tray. Try to perform these steps as quickly as possible.

3. Turn off Xserve.

4. Turn on Xserve again.

5. Press and hold the 'Service ID' button on the front panel of the server until it begins to

start up from the CD. This may take more than 5 seconds.

6. If these steps have worked, Xserve should start up from the CD, and the Installer

Setup assistant should open. Follow the remaining steps only if the server did not start

up in Step 5.

7. Turn off Xserve, and connect a keyboard and monitor to the server.

8. Turn on Xserve while holding down the 'C' key on the keyboard. Xserve should start

up with the CD and the Installer Setup assistant should open.