Selecting Ingredients: Software
With hardware out of the way, it's time to move on to the software components of the equation, NetMAX Professional offers everything a system builder needs to complete the server appliance. To play with NetMAX yourself, download a 30-day demo from the NetMAX Web site.
For the initial install, you will need to connect a mouse, keyboard, and monitor. The included NetMax CD is a bootable disk. To start the install, boot off of the install CD, then follow the prompts. To complete the setup tasks, you will need a separate workstation wired to the server via Ethernet.
NetMAX also offers a remote install option -- it works surprisingly well -- that supports installs to headless systems. The remote-install method requires that you have a workstation attached to the server via Ethernet. For a headless install, boot the appliance from the NetMAX install disk, then use the ARP command on your workstation to program in an IP address for the unit. (I won't go through the whole install here, as it is covered quite well in the NetMAX manual). Here's how it should look on the screen:
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