Setup guide

• Erase and format the drive using either the Mac OS Extended

(Journaled) or the Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive/Journaled)

option.

• Quit Disk Utility when finished.

2. When the installation program asks for the destination volume, select the

drive or partition where Server is to be installed. If this drive or partition

was formatted in step 1 above, continue the installation. If it was not, click

the "Options" button and select "Erase and Install," setting the file type to

Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

3. At the “Install” screen, click on the customize button.

4. Deselect any options not needed on this server. Any unneeded languages

should not be installed. Also, only drivers for the printers that will be used

by the system should be installed. Open the Printer Drivers option, and

deselect any drivers that will not be needed. (Printer drivers can always be

installed at a later date if a new printer is added.)

5. Continue the installation.

6. The disk check should not be skipped.

After the system finishes copying files and loading the operating system, installation

screens will continue. The following specific settings or recommendations should be

used:

7. When entering the administrative account information:

• For both the Full Name and the Short Name, use names other than

"administrator," "admin," or some form of the word administrator.

The name alone should not identify the account as an administrative

account.

• Use a strong password. Passwords can be up to 255 characters long

and contain uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and special

characters. Choose a password that consists of at least 12 characters,

that would not be found in a dictionary, and that contains mixed case,

numbers, and special characters.

8. When entering the machine name, the name should not indicate the

purpose of the machine. The word “server” should not be used as the

name or part of the name.

9. When selecting the Network Interfaces to be used, select only those that

will be used and deselect all others. For example, if the network interface

for the server will be Built-in Ethernet only, click to deselect Built-in

FireWire. AppleTalk should not be used.

10. On the TCP/IP Connection screen, “manually” should be selected for the

Configure setting. Use of DHCP or BootP is not recommended.

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