Apple Xserve Up Mac OS X Server User Manual download pdf (Page 21)

This chapter describes several methods that let you

change the startup disk to the volume with Server

Diagnostics installed.

Before you start up Server Diagnostics, make sure everything is properly installed and

congured. For information, see Chapter 2, “ Setup and Installation,” on page 12 .

Changing the Startup Disk

Server Diagnostics is usually installed on a dedicated volume to minimize the risk of

server processes interrupting the tests. Because of this, you need to change the startup

disk to the volume with Server Diagnostics installed before you can use the tools.

If you want to test a client server remotely, you rst need to start up Server Diagnostics

on the host computer, and then start up Server Diagnostics on the client server.

To start up Server Diagnostics, set the startup volume of the server to the volume

or disk image containing Server Diagnostics. If Mac OS X Server starts up by default

on your server, you can change the startup disk in the Startup Disk pane of System

Preferences. Otherwise, you can temporarily change the startup disk by holding down

a particular key while starting up the server:

Goal Hold down this key at server startup

Choose the Server Diagnostics volume before

starting up Mac OS X

Option

Start up the preinstalled Server Diagnostics EFI

or start up Server Diagnostics EFI from the Admin

Tools CD in the server’s optical drive

Start up using the Server Diagnostics EFI disk

image from a NetBoot server

F1 or a specic combination of Xserve front panel

buttons

Starting Up Server Diagnostics

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