Apple Xserve Up Mac OS X Server User's Guide download pdf (Page 75)

CHAPTER

9 Problem Solving

The solutions in this chapter assume that you’ve read the other chapters in this guide. If you

need help doing any of the tasks, such as using SSH (Secure Shell) to log into a remote

computer, you will ﬁnd help in the chapters that cover those topics.

If you have physical access to the server, and you have an extra monitor and keyboard that

you can attach to the server, you can ﬁx server problems locally. You might want to do this if

you don’t have a lot of experience using command-line tools, or if you don’t know the IP

address or DNS name of the server.

If you don’t have physical access to the server, or if you’re comfortable using command-line

tools, you can also use the tools provided in Mac OS X Server to correct problems remotely.

Solving Problems With Network Settings

Despite your best intentions and careful planning, it is possible to create network settings

that don’t give you the results you expect or want. For example, if you inadvertently assign

the same IP address to different servers, you’ll see one server on the network, but not the

other. Sometimes network settings can become corrupted and need to be set again.

To fix network settings locally:

1 Shut down the server and follow the instructions in the Xserve User’s Guide for connecting a

monitor and keyboard.

2 Restart the server by pressing the power button.

3 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.

4 Click Network to open Network preferences. You can make whatever network settings you

need for the server in this pane.

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