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Chapter 2 Setting Up and Configuring the Multi Services Platform
Performing the Initial Configuration of the Multi Services Platform
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• System time and date—Time and date in the location that the Multi Services
Platform is to operate.
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)—Options that the Multi Services Platform
requires to synchronize its clock with an NTP server. Configuring NTP is
optional but recommended.
The following sections describe in detail how to perform the initial configuration
of a Multi Services Platform:
• Powering On the System and Accessing the YaST Control Center, page 2-12
• Configuring Network Settings, page 2-15
• Setting the System Time, page 2-21
• Configuring NTP, page 2-24
If you already collected the configuration values that are described in the
“Information Required for Configuring a Multi Services Platform” section on
page 1-4, refer to that information as you perform the following procedures.
Powering On the System and Accessing the YaST Control Center
After you connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to your Multi Services
Platform, and connect it to power and to your network, you are ready perform the
initial configuration of the server.
You perform the initial configuration procedures from the YaST Control Center
on the Multi Services Platform. To access the YaST Control Center, follow these
steps:
Procedure
Step 1 Power on the Multi Services Platform by pressing the power button on its front
panel (see
Figure 2-4).
Figure 2-4 Power Button