Xserve Cluster Node Server Wrong Purchase

Lyn lynlist at nowdata.com
Wed Apr 4 16:17:03 PDT 2007


> On 04/04/2007, at 10:21 PM, Lyn wrote:
>
>> I appreciate all of the helpful responses I've received. One last  
>> question, when running Server Assistant, the OS XSVR 10.4 serial  
>> number I'm using won't work. Keep getting an error: "Invalid  
>> serial number entered."
>>
>> I've searched some of the Apple forums and this issue seems to be  
>> related to Intel macs and the firewall, but this is a G5 Xserve.
>>
>> Do I need to contact Apple?
>

On Apr 4, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote:
> Is the fourth segment of the serial a zero or an "O" ? I have  
> several serials like that that I received through my maintenance  
> program that don't work with Server Assistant, but do work via the  
> command line with serversetup and with Server Admin once the box is  
> actually installed.
>
> Luckily I have a spare serial that I keep rotating around for use  
> while installing that does work, otherwise I would have sorted this  
> out with Apple before this.

Yes, the fourth segment is an "O". I was suspecting this myself. How  
can I access this cluster node (headless) machine via command line  
with Server Setup so I can attempt to invoke serversetup? I'm  
thinking there isn't an account available yet to ssh to?

Lyn 


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