2.2 Beginning the Installation

IMPORTANT:Make sure that your server is plugged into a network where DHCP is installed. If your server is not plugged into a network where DHCP is installed, see Section 2.2.1, Installing Without a DHCP Server

  1. Insert the NOWS SBE DVD into the DVD drive.

  2. Boot the server. You are presented with a splash screen. Using the Down-arrow key, select Installation, then press Enter.

  3. The first page is the End User License Agreement (EULA). Read through the agreement and click I Agree to advance to the next page.

  4. After the initial files have been loaded into the system, you are prompted to set up the initial configuration of your server on the Installation Settings window. You have the following two options:

    • If you do not want to change any of the settings and choose to keep the defaults, just click Accept in the lower right corner of the window. A Confirm Installation message appears; if you are satisfied with the default, click Install.

    • If you want to change any of the settings, click Change and select the setting you want to modify. Repeat this task until all changes are complete. If you are satisfied with your changes, click Accept in the lower right corner of the Installation Settings main window. A Confirm Installation message appears; if you are satisfied with your changes, click Install.

    IMPORTANT:Do not change the configurations for the Software settings. Doing so causes your install to fail.

  5. On the Network Configuration window, if you want to change any of the network settings, click Change and select the setting you want to modify. If you don’t have a DHCP server, set your IP address here. If you do not want to make any changes, click Next.

    You are then presented with an IP address at the server prompt so you can move to the browser-based portion of the installation and configuration. Make a note of the IP address; you need it to access the Web site where you continue the installation. You have now completed the base installation of the server.

  6. If you receive an IP address of https://127.0.0.1:8181 or https://:8181 instead of a valid IP address, DHCP is not functioning. Complete the following steps:

    1. Verify that you are connected to the network with your DHCP server.

    2. At the command line, log in as root without a password. The default password is novell.

    3. Enter the following command: /etc/init.d/network restart. You can also enter rcnetwork restart

2.2.1 Installing Without a DHCP Server

If you don’t have a DHCP server and failed to set your IP address at the Network Configuration window during auto YaST, do the following:

  1. Log in to the server as root. The password is novell.

  2. Open a terminal window.

  3. Enter yast to launch the YaST configuration utility.

  4. Select Network Devices > Network Card.

  5. Click Change > Edit, then specify a static IP address and the subnet mask.

  6. Select Host Name and Name Server and specify the host name, domain name, and name server (DNS) addresses.

  7. Select Routing and specify a default gateway.

  8. Click OK > Finish > Quit to exit YaST.

  9. Enter init 6 to reboot the server.

  10. Upon reboot, the console screen specifies the address to begin the Web configuration. On the Network Settings page of the Web configuration, specify all of this information again.