User`s guide

70 Chapter 8

Set Up Server Monitor

To display the toolbar, click the oval button in the top-right corner of the Server Monitor

window.

To set up Server Monitor:

1 Open Server Monitor and click Add Server.

2 Enter the IP address or DNS name of the server you want to add.

3 Enter an administrator name and password for the server. You can save the password for this

server in your keychain.

4 Choose how often you want Server Monitor to check the server using the “Update every”

pop-up menu.

5 Click OK.

6 Repeat these steps for each server you want to monitor.

Switch Between Server Lists

When you restart Server Monitor, you see the list of servers you worked with most recently. If

you want to look at different sets of servers, you can export server lists, then import them

later. Choose Export or Import from the File menu to do this. Choose Merge from the File

menu to merge different lists into one.

Set the System Identifier Lights Manually

The system identiﬁer lights located on the front and back of your Xserve light when service is

required. Check Server Monitor to ﬁnd the reason the lights are on.

You can also turn the lights on to identify a particular server in a rack of servers. To turn the

system identiﬁer lights on or off, select the server and click “System identiﬁer light” on the

Info pane.

Receive Automatic Status Change Notifications

You can set Server Monitor to notify you by email when a server’s status changes. For each

server, you set up the conditions that you want notiﬁcation about. The email message can

come from Server Monitor or from the server.

Get Information About a Server

Server Monitor keeps logs of Server Monitor activity for each server. (The logs do not include

system activity on the server.) The log shows, for example, the times Server Monitor

attempted to contact the server, and whether a connection was successful. The log also

shows server status changes.

You can also use Server Monitor to get an Apple System Proﬁler report on a remote server.

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