Apple Xserve Up Mac OS X Server User Manual download pdf (Page 24)

For information about disabling the rmware password, see “Disabling the Firmware

Password” on page 26.

To temporarily change the startup disk at startup:

1 Restart the server.

2 While the server is restarting, hold down the Option key until a list of volumes appears.

If you’re asked to authenticate, enter the rmware password and click the Continue

(right-arrow) button.

If you haven’t erased the preinstalled Mac OS X Server volume with Server Diagnostics

EFI, you can start up Server Diagnostics EFI by holding down the D key instead of

the Option key. If you erased the volume but you have the Admin Tools disc inserted,

you can start up using Server Diagnostics EFI located on the disc by holding down

the D key instead of the Option key.

If you want to start up Server Diagnostics EFI from a NetBoot image hosted on a

NetBoot server, hold down the F1 key instead of the Option key.

Each of these alternatives immediately starts up Server Diagnostics EFI and bypasses

the list of volumes described in the next step.

3 If you displayed the list of volumes instead of immediately starting up Server

Diagnostics, select the volume with Server Diagnostics, and then click the arrow

button to start up.

The Server Diagnostics EFI volume is listed as EFI Boot. If you’ve inserted the Admin

Tools disc in another computer with Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server version 10.5.2 or

later installed and you run Remote Install Mac OS X, the Server Diagnostics EFI volume

is listed as Administration Tools.

After you nish using Server Diagnostics EFI and restart the server, it starts up from the

default startup volume.

Starting Up a Server Diagnostics EFI NetBoot Image Using the Xserve

Front Panel

You can use the Xserve front panel buttons to start up a Server Diagnostics EFI disk

image hosted by a NetBoot server. This technique is useful for situations where your

Xserve:

Doesn’t have a monitor or keyboard attached Â

Doesn’t respond to keyboard input Â

Doesn’t have Mac OS X Server installed Â

The Xserve must be on the same subnet as the NetBoot server hosting the Server

Diagnostics EFI disk image.

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