Installing Xenserver

For this part, both for ease of taking screenshots and avoiding having to re-install the existing Xen install, i will be retracing my steps using a virtual machine on my desktop set roughly with the same hardware specs as the server machine.

First step is easy, burn the install ISO image to a DVD (or using a USB drive via something like Universal USB Installer worked for me) And start the install process.

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Hit enter and wait, it may take a few minutes. Click through the usual Language,  EULA screens and so on.

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This could differ depending on your setup, but as i only have a single drive to deal with here i can just click through the defaults easily.

First real option, i'd advise a complex password here just in case.

Networking, this is where i'd advise setting things manually.
My Router is set to 192.168.1.1. I've set it's DHCP server settings via the web UI to use addresses 192.168.1.20 and above, giving me a free block of 18 static IP addresses from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.19 to use for manual assignments. The Xen server hardware i've set to x.15, this example virtualised one is going on x.16 and my NAS unit uses x.10

More networking. Assign the server name here.
As my ISP's DNS service can be dodgy, i set Google's DNS as primary and the router's DNS as secondary. But if you don't have issues you might want to swap these.

A few more screens you can either skip past or use the suggested settings for and away you go, installing...

.After a reboot, we're there. Bar major issues, this should be the last time you'll need to log into the machine locally. Feel free to unplug everything bar the power cable and the network cable from the machine.

Next up, Installing the XenCenter management app on another PC to configure and control this new server.