User`s guide

Xserve Verification of Basic Services - 4
How to Discover Xserve on Your Network
How to Discover Xserve on
Your Network
Follow the steps outlined below to remotely administer Xserve.
Note: This procedure verifies basic connectivity to Xserve, which can help isolate
hardware versus software issues.
Preliminary Steps
Make sure that you are doing these steps on an Admin computer with Mac OS X 10.1.5
Server or Mac OS X 10.1.5 remote admin utilities. You must be logged in to that computer
with an Admin account. Also, make sure that the server you want to remotely discover is
started up from the Installer CD.
Procedure
Option A
If you already know your Xserve's IP address you can quickly verify network connectivity
by using the following command from a remote admin system using the Terminal
application:
ping 17.XXX.XXX.XXX (the X characters represent numerical IP addresses)
Or
ping <yourserver.yourdomainname.yourdomainextension>
Your domain extension will resemble something like: .com, .edu, .org
Option B
If you wish to automatically discover your Xserve using the Server Assistant, follow these
steps:
1. Open Server Assistant from a remote admin computer.
2. Select the "Install Mac OS X Server Software" option. The "Remote installation"
screen appears. All Xserve computers on the same TCP/IP subnet appear in a list
format.
3. Select the appropriate Xserve.