### Registering Dedicated Server

Dedicated servers cannot be physically managed using the Parallels Business Automation - Standard web-based interface. However, you can save the detailed information about a server (location in a rack, form factor, switch used, IP address(es) assigned) in Parallels Business Automation - Standard database for accounting purposes.

Dedicated servers are accounted by racks and switches used, but not by Data Centers they are located in. However, a server location can be defined by a rack and a switch since racks and switches are bound to particular Data Centers.

After a server is registered, you can create dedicated subscription in accordance with the order placed by a customer.

To register a server designated for dedicated hosting service provisioning:

1. Click Dedicated Servers on the Servers Manager submenu. The list of dedicated servers registered (if any) appears on the screen.
2. Click the New Dedicated Server button.
3. Fill the form that appears:
   1. Type the name of the server into the Identification field. This is the name the server will be referred to in Parallels Business Automation - Standard database. You can enter any alphanumerical name (number of words and upper/lower case is not critical).
   2. Enter the server size in Units into the Form factor field.
   3. You can optionally specify the administrator login and password in Administrator login name and Administrator password fields.
   4. If you already have registered the rack the server is located, you can add the information about the rack the server belongs to the other information. To this effect, select the needed rack from the Rack drop-down menu.
   5. If you already have registered the switch the server uses, you can add the information about this switch. To this effect, select the needed switch from the Switch drop-down menu and type the number of port the server is connected into the Port: field.
   6. The Subscription part of the form serves for activating a subscription for this server. Dedicated subscriptions can be activated only manually. By default, when you register a new server, the option button is set to Not assigned. You can register as many unassigned dedicated servers as you need. When you get an order and a pending subscription for a dedicated hosting, you can set the option button to Assign dedicated server to existing subscription, click the Select button and chose the subscription. After this, when you save changes, a subscription will be automatically activated.
   7. One or more IP addresses from your IP pool can be assigned to the dedicated server. To make IP addresses assignment possible, your IP addressed must be registered in the Parallels Business Automation - Standard database. To assign an IP address click the Add button on the IP Addresses part of the form and select one or more IP addresses from the list that appears in the popup window. As you click on an IP address, it appears in the list. Add IP addresses and close the popup list. In case of mistake or if you want to reassign IP address(es), you can remove one or more IP addresses from the list and release them. To this effect, select an IP address. To select several IP adresses in series, hold down SHIFT, and then click the first and last IP addresses of the group. To select several IP addresses that are nonadjacent in the list, hold down CTRL, and click an IP address. To release the selected IP addresses click the Remove button.
   8. To automatically send an e-mail notification to a server owner in case an IP address was assigned to the server, check the Notify dedicated server owner about IP addresses assignment box.
   9. Comment - any comment you consider useful.
4. Click the Save button.

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