Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto 10.5 Leopard del fabbricante Apple
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Mac OS X S er v er V ersion 1 0.5 Leopa rd Getting Star ted Guide F or Small W orkgroups F ebruar y 2008.
2 Getting Star ted with L eopar d Ser ver in Small W orkgr oups When most people think about the word server , they think about monolithic machines in labyrinthine , air-conditioned rooms keeping e-commerce website s online, or high-per formance machines sequencing the human genome .
3 Licensing Mac OS X Ser ver 1 0-Client Edition. The easiest way to deplo y essential network services, the 1 0-client edition is designed for small workgroups and Int ernet hosting services that do not require simultaneous le sharing among more than 1 0 Mac and PC clients.
4 Y ou Know Where t o Find Me Most consumer broadband Internet services provide you with a dynamic IP address—one that changes an ytime you turn your modem o and back on.
5 Installing Mac OS X Ser ver • Connect the Mac Pr o to the Airport Ex treme. The Ethernet cable will connect one of the ports on the back of the M ac Pro t o one on the back of the Airpor t Extreme. Both ports should be mar ked with this symbol: . • Insert the Mac OS X S erver Install Disc.
6 Getting Help Along the W a y If you need help—or simply want more information—you can alwa ys click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window , which you can keep at the side of the Server Assistant window or Ser ver P references pane .
7 A Real Switch-Hitter Y ou can make your Airport base station do double duty as a networked backup device by using Time Capsule fro m Apple . Time Ca psule ta kes the b lazing 802.
8 • Simple Client Machine C onguration. On each Client machine , run the Director y Utility program in /Applications/Utilities. Click the lock icon and en ter the administrator name and password for tha t machine. It should automatically nd the av ailable Director y Server and o er to congure your machine (see abo ve).
9 Go Headless. If you don ’t have a monitor (also known as a “head”) for the Xserve in this conguration, you can contr ol everything remotely from a Mac on the same LAN as the Xserve, connected to the same network switch/hub . Install the Admin T ools from the pro vided Install Disk and use the Ser ver Assistant applica tion.
10 Getting Help Along the W a y If you need help—or simply want more information—you can alwa ys click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window , which you can keep at the side of the Ser ver Assistant windo w or Ser ver Pref erences pane.
11 • TCP/IP C onnection. This screen allows you t o enter the IP address and T CP/IP information provided t o you by your ISP or network administrat or . This congura tion pre-supposes a server with two Ethernet ports, one connected to your Internet service, and the other to your local network switch/hub .
12 • Ser ver Backup . If your server has more than one hard drive , Mac OS X Ser ver gives you the option to back up your system, as well as all ser vice data, such as wikis, calendars, mail, and shared les—making it easy to restore y our ser ver in case of system failure .
13 • Set Up Y our VPN. Run the Ser ver Pr eferences application on y our ser ver . Click VPN. Before you can start the ser vice , you’ll need to en ter a Shared Secret (a passphrase) and the starting and ending IP address of a range on your local network (as congured in “ T CP/IP Connection ” above).
14 Getting Help Along the W a y If you need help—or simply want more information—you can alwa ys click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window , which you can keep at the side of the Ser ver Assistant windo w or Ser ver Pref erences pane.
15 Co-lo-what-now? Co-location is an IT industry term used to describe a hosting service where you provide the server , and the facility provides the power , rack space , Internet connection, and 24/7/365 monitoring . Scenario 3: L eopard Ser ver on an Xserve in a Co-location F acilit y Y ou’ re small and you ’ re agile.
16 Getting Help Along the W a y If you need help—or simply want more information—you can alwa ys click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window , which you can keep at the side of the Ser ver Assistant windo w or Ser ver Pref erences pane.
17 • TCP/IP C onnection. This screen allows you t o enter the IP address and T CP/IP information provided t o you by your ISP or network administrat or . Select “No, congure network settings manually .” Then click Continue . Enter all information pr ovided by the co-location hosting service in the appropriate spaces .
18 • Mail Ser vice. Y ou can opt to either be your o wn primar y email ser ver or to rela y your mail through your ISP’ s outbound mail server . If using this server as a primar y email server , you ’ll need to have that addr ess listed as a Mail Exchanger in your domain provider’ s DNS recor ds.
19 • Pr otect Y ourself . Because your Xserve connects directly to the Internet, we strongly suggest you go to Server Pref erences and turn on the F irewall. But you shouldn ’t check the boxe s for any of your services because y ou’ re connecting to this server only through the Internet, and nev er from its local network.
20 Getting Help Along the W a y If you need help—or simply want more information—you can alwa ys click the icon on any screen. This brings up a Help window , which you can keep at the side of the Ser ver Assistant windo w or Ser ver Pref erences pane.
21 • W elcome. Click C ontinue. F ollowing are all the dialog boxe s you will encounter during the congura tion process: • Ser ver C onguration. Mac OS X Server gives you a choice of three congur ations: Standard , Workgroup , and Adv anced.
22 • TCP/IP C onnection. This screen allows you t o enter the IP address and T CP/IP information provided t o you by your ISP or network administrat or .
23 • Ser ver Backup . If your server has more than one hard drive , Mac OS X Ser ver gives you the option to back up your system, as well as all ser vice data, such as wikis, calendars, mail, and shared les—making it easy to restore y our ser ver in case of system failure .
24 • Simple Client Machine C onguration. On each Client machine , run the Director y Utility program in /Applications/Utilities. Click the lock icon and en ter the administrator name and passwor d for that machine. It should automatically nd the available Dir ector y Ser ver and o er to congur e your machine (see above).
25 The Client Experience Once your server is up and running, it’ s easy to get Mac clients connected and more productive. If you recall, we walked through simple steps f or using Director y Utility to congure each of your client Macs for each sc enario.
26 F or More Information For mor e information about Mac OS X Ser ver and other Apple server solutions, visit www .apple.com/server . © 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo , F ireWire, iCal, iChat, Mac, Mac OS, Quick Time, Xgrid , Xsan, and Xserve are tra demarks of A pple Inc.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Apple 10.5 Leopard è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Apple 10.5 Leopard - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Apple 10.5 Leopard imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Apple 10.5 Leopard ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Apple 10.5 Leopard, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Apple 10.5 Leopard.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Apple 10.5 Leopard. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Apple 10.5 Leopard insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
