Owner's manual

15Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go

Step 6: Turn on your Mac Pro.

Pressthepowerbutton(®)onthefrontofyourMacPrototurniton.Ifyouhavea

displaythatmustbeturnedonseparately,turnitonbypressingitspowerbutton.If

youconnectedamouse,clickyourmousetoestablishaconnectionwithyourMacPro.

Step 7: Congure your Mac Pro server with Server Assistant.

ThersttimeyouturnonyourMacProwithMacOSXLionServerinstalled,Server

AssistantasksforsomebasicinformationthatLionServerneedsinordertostartup

andconnecttothenetwork.Bereadytoprovidethefollowinginformationtherst

timeyouturnonyourMacPro:

Â Anaccountnameandpassword.

Â Anorganizationalnamethat’suniqueinyourcompany.

Â Ahostname,whichcanbeforyourlocalnetworkonly,foryourlocalnetworkand

VPNaccessfromtheInternet,oranInternethostnameyoupurchasedfromadomain

nameregistrar.

Â Detailednetworksettings,includingIPaddress,subnetmask,andDNSservers.The

networksettingsmaybeprovidedbyyourInternetrouteroraserveronyournetwork.

Ifso,itshouldbeconguredtoprovideyourserverthesameIPaddressallthetime

(staticmappingorDHCPreservation).

ForhelpwithServerAssistant,clicktheHelpbuttoninanypane.

YoucansetupMacOSXLionServerremotelyfromanothercomputer.Forinformation,

opentheServerapplicationontheothercomputerandchooseServerHelpfromthe

Helpmenu.

TolearnmoreaboutMacOSXLionServersoftware,seetheLionServerwebsiteat