I booted the Xserve with my powerbook attached in DHCP mode. The
Xserve
acts as a server and assigned an address to the powerbook in the Apple
private subnet (this is in the 169.2544.X.X range).
This is a self-assigned address; DHCP has nothing to do with it.
Opening up the terminal app on the powerbook, I usd "arp -a" to get the
actual IP of the Xserve.
I then used Server Assistant to get started updating the Xserve.
It's -way- easier than that.. just plug the xserve into you network and
run server asst; it'll use a multicast broadcast to locate servers
ready to be configured. the only requirement is a) use the bottom nic
on the xserve b) make sure your primary interface is on the same subnet
as the xserve's primary (lower) interface.
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