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Using the Server Status Widget
You can use the Server Status widget to monitor the status of Mac OS X Server either
on the server itself or from another computer with Mac OS X Server or Mac OS X.
To use the Server Status widget:
1 Open Dashboard, click its Open (+) button, and then click or drag the Server Status
widget from the widget bar.
You can open Dashboard by clicking its icon in the Dock or pressing its keyboard
shortcut, which is usually the F12 key.
2 Enter the server’s DNS name or IP address, an administrator name and password, and
then click Done.
3 When the Server Status widget is connected to a server, it displays the server’s DNS
name and status information about the server and its services.
Monitor processor utilization, network load, or disk usage by clicking an icon below the
graph.
Change the processor or network graph’s time period to one hour, day, or week by
clicking the graph.