Apple MAC OS X SERVER VERSION 10.5 Installation And Setup Worksheet

Mac OS X Server

Installation & Setup
Worksheet

For Version 10.5 Leopard and Later

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Contents

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4 Installation & Setup Worksheets
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Installation Worksheet

6

Setup Worksheet

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TCP/IP Connection Worksheet

13 Instructions for the Installation & Setup Worksheets
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Instructions for the Installation Worksheet

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Instructions for the Setup Worksheet

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Instructions for the TCP/IP Connection Settings Worksheet

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Installation & Setup Worksheets

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Complete these worksheets to help you install Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard
and set up your server.

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For information about the settings in these worksheets, see “Instructions for the
Installation & Setup Worksheets” on page 13.

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For installation and setup instructions, see Chapter 2, “Installing Mac OS X Server,”
and Chapter 3, “Setting Up Mac OS X Server,” of the

Getting Started

guide included

with Leopard Server.

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If you’re reinstalling Leopard Server and you have a complete Time Machine backup,
you can restore the server from the backup instead. For instructions, open System
Preferences and then use the Help menu. (Time Machine backup and restore is
supported for standard and workgroup configurations only.)

These worksheets are for installing and setting up a standard configuration or
workgroup configuration of Leopard Server. For information about advanced
installation and setup methods, see

Server Administration

, which is available from the

Mac OS X Server documentation website at:

www.apple.com/server/documentation

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Installation Worksheet

Complete this worksheet before installing Leopard Server locally (on the server itself )
or remotely (from an administrator computer). Instructions for this worksheet begin on
page 13.

Installation item Your information

Destination—remote server

IP address:

DNS name:

MAC address:

Preset password:

Install language: N

Type of installation: N

Target volume

Name:

Format

(if erasing):

Partitioning:

(optional, using Disk Utility)

RAID mirroring:

(optional, using Disk Utility)

Time Machine backup (skip this if you’re not erasing, or if you’re using Disk Utility to erase)

Back up before installing: N

Backup to disk named:

Erase backup disk: N

(skip this unless installing remotely)

English N

Erase and install
New (no existing installation of Mac OS X Server or Mac OS X)

N

To upgrade an existing server, use
of this worksheet.

N

Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-sensitive)

N

Mac OS Extended

N

Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive)

N

N

Don’t partition
Use a separate sheet to list each partition’s name, size, and

N

format.

N

Don’t set up a RAID set
Create a RAID set before installing

N

Yes N

Yes N

Japanese N

No

No

French N

German

Upgrading and Migrating

instead

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Setup Worksheet

Complete this worksheet before using Server Assistant to set up your server.
Instructions for this worksheet begin on page 15.

Setup item Your information

Network services N

Destination—remote server (skip this unless setting up remotely)

IP address:

DNS name:

Preset password:

Server configuration: N

Language (skip this unless setting up remotely):

Keyboard:

Serial number:

Administrator account

Name:

Short name:

Password:

Password hint:

Picture: N

AirPort Base Station password (skip this if you don’t have an AirPort Base Station)

Network address

(skip this if the server will get a static IP address from the DHCP server, or if there is no DHCP server)

Network interfaces (skip this if the server has only one Ethernet port)

Primary Ethernet port: N

Other active Ethernet ports:

AirPort Base Station or other Internet router has a secure

password and doesn’t use a default IP subnet

Server has a meaningful DNS name

N

DNS server resolves server’s IP address and DNS name

N

DHCP server assigns static IP address to target server

N

Internet connection is working

N

Standard N

N

English N

Choose an available keyboard layout during setup.

Automatic N

N

Administration password:
Uses the default base station password (

N

N

Use the address supplied by DHCP
Configure network settings manually

N

Built-in Ethernet N

Workgroup N

Japanese N

Other source:

Other:

Advanced

French N

German

public

)

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Setup item Your information

TCP/IP connection

(skip this if the server will get a static IP address automatically and has only one Ethernet port)

Use “TCP/IP Connection Worksheet” on page 9.

Network names

Computer name:

Primary DNS name: N

Time zone

Closest city:

Network time server:

Server backup (skip this if the server has only one disk)

Back up this server: N

Back up to:

Do not back up:

Select services (workgroup configuration only)

Mail service (optional)

Relay outgoing mail through:

(optional)

Send a welcome email to
new users

Custom introduction: Use a separate sheet to compose a custom introduction

Remote access (optional) N Enable remote access (VPN)

Gateway setup (skip this if the server has only one Ethernet port)

Make the server a gateway: N Yes N No

Internet port: N Built-in Ethernet N Other:

Local network ports:

Users and authentication (workgroup configuration only)

Connect to directory server:

User name and password on the
directory server:

Add user accounts N Add user accounts during setup

: N Yes N No

Automatic N

Yes N

N

File sharing N
Client computer backup N

N

to the standard welcome email.

N Add all user accounts later using Server Preferences

No

Other:

Calendar N

Instant messaging N
Mail N

Remote access

Web

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