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59Chapter 3 Installing Mac OS X Server
If Server Admin asks for a password to connect to a server that’s already set up on
your network, you can click Cancel. You don’t need an administrator account to install
Mac OS X Server remotely.
4 Select the target server on the right, and then click Install.
If the server you want isn’t listed, you can click the Refresh (curved arrow) button to
have Server Admin look again for servers that are ready for installation on your local
network.
If the server you want is on a dierent local network, choose Server > Install Remote
Server.
5 When Server Assistant opens, conrm the target server’s address, enter the rst 8
characters of the server’s built-in hardware serial number as a password, and click
Continue.
If the Address eld is blank or incorrect, enter the server’s DNS name or its IP address in
IPv4 format (for example, 192.0.2.200).
For servers that Server Assistant nds on the local network (IP subnet), an IP address
may be assigned automatically by a DHCP server on the network. If no DHCP server
exists, the target server uses a 169.254.xxx.xxx address unique among servers on the
local network. Later, when you set up the server, you can change the IP address.
To nd the serial number, look for a label on the server. Match the capitalization of the
serial number when you type it.
For an Xserve with Intel processor that has had its main logic board replaced and
has no hardware serial number, enter “System S” (don’t enter the quotation marks)
as the password. For another computer that has no built-in hardware serial number,
use 12345678 as the password.